CVE-2025-14797
MEDIUM EPSS 11.7%
Published Jan 24, 20265mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published Jan 24, 2026 5mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
Description
The Same Category Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the widget title placeholder functionality in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.19. This is due to the use of `htmlspecialchars_decode()` on taxonomy term names before output, which decodes HTML entities that WordPress intentionally encodes for safety. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
11.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection
References 5
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L639
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L665
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L707
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3444428%40same-category-posts&new=3444428%40same-category-posts&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70434876-4876-4da8-9af1-6f6ef5632f26?source=cve
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.