CVE-2025-14043 | BDVDB-2026-307180 Detail
tainacanTainacan
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
References#
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5596a0f0-6bfe-4c6e-a0d6-117e13117098?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tainacan/trunk/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php#L363
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tainacan/tags/1.0.1/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php#L363
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.