The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category Posts Plugin | — | Update category-posts plugin to version 4.9.17, or a newer patched version | May 15, 2025 | Jul 19, 2024 |
| Term And Category Based Posts Widget Plugin | — | Update term-and-category-based-posts-widget plugin to version 4.9.13, or a newer patched version | May 15, 2025 | Jul 19, 2024 |
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