Description

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized metadata section creation due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the `create_item_permissions_check()` function unconditionally returning true, which bypasses authentication and authorization validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary metadata sections for any collection via the public REST API granted they can access the WordPress site.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-12-21T02:20:32.422Z

Last Modified :

2025-12-22T20:21:59.445Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-14043 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Tainacan
  • Tainacan
Wordpress
  • Wordpress
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-14043.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tainacan/tags/1.0.1/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php#L363 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tainacan/trunk/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php#L363 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5596a0f0-6bfe-4c6e-a0d6-117e13117098?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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