Vulnerability · Published Jan 24, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14797Same Category Posts <= 1.1.19 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Title Placeholder
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Same Category Posts from kometschuh. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kometschuh | Same Category Posts | 0 – through 1.1.19 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70434876-4876-4da8-9af1-6f6ef5632f26?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L665
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L639
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L707
- 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=