Taboola

Taboola has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2023; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.3, and the most serious one scores 4.3 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Taboola has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Nguyen Xuan Chien. Taboola is installed on roughly 1,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.3/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 4.3CVE-2023-38398

Taboola <= 2.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2023-07-24 00:00	Taboola <= 2.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update Taboola <= 2.0.1	`CVE-2023-38398`	4.3 Medium	Nguyen Xuan Chien	Yes

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Latestv3.1.0

Taboola

Author

Taboola

0.0(0)

0/100

Last Updated

2026-08-21 (23d ago)

Active Installs

1,000+

Downloads

53,711

Requires WP

5.2+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 7.1

Created

2014-06-09 (12y ago)

This plugin provides an easy way to integrate Taboola content into your WordPress pages. Using Taboola’s mix of sponsored and editorial content, you can generate revenue and drive engagement. (Requires an account with Taboola. For more detail, see the Taboola Dev Center.)

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