vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: same-category-posts: CVE-2025-14797: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Jan 23, 2026 | Jan 26, 2026 | Jan 26, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 23, 2026
Added
Jan 26, 2026
Modified
Jan 26, 2026
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.
Solution
same-category-posts-plugin-cve-2025-14797
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