CVE-2025-46515

HIGH 7.1

WordPress Category Widget plugin <= 2.0.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVSS Score

7.1

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in M A Vinoth Kumar Category Widget category-widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Category Widget: from n/a through <= 2.0.2.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	m a vinoth kumar
Product	category widget
Published	May 23, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 28, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Affected Versions

M A Vinoth Kumar / Category Widget

0 ≤ 2.0.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

patchstack.com: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/category-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-category-widget-plugin-2-0-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Credits

Ryan Novotny | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program