Medium 4.3Published Apr 22, 2026

CVE-2026-4128TP Restore Categories And Taxonomies <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Taxonomy Deletion via 'tpmcattt_delete_term' AJAX Action

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 3:30 PM ET)

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The TP Restore Categories And Taxonomies plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. The delete_term() function, which handles the 'tpmcattt_delete_term' AJAX action, does not perform any capability check (e.g., current_user_can()) to verify the user has sufficient permissions. While it does verify a nonce via check_ajax_referer(), this nonce is generated for all authenticated users via the admin_enqueue_scripts hook and exposed on any wp-admin page (including profile.php, which subscribers can access). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to permanently delete taxonomy term records from the plugin's trash/backup tables by sending a crafted AJAX request with a valid nonce and an arbitrary term_id.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 22, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

tplugins TP Restore Categories And Taxonomies tplugins:tp_restore_categories_and_taxonomies (from the name)	through 1.0.1	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53a0749f-86e9-4f62-9de2-a6759c78ba2f?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tp-restore-categories-and-taxonomies/trunk/admin/class-tp-move-categories-and-taxonomies-to-trash-admin.php#L474
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tp-restore-categories-and-taxonomies/tags/1.0.1/admin/class-tp-move-categories-and-taxonomies-to-trash-admin.php#L474
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tp-restore-categories-and-taxonomies/trunk/includes/class-tp-move-categories-and-taxonomies-to-trash.php#L169
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tp-restore-categories-and-taxonomies/tags/1.0.1/includes/class-tp-move-categories-and-taxonomies-to-trash.php#L169

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