Vulnerability · Published Mar 3, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-23586WordPress WP Post Category Notifications plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in WP Post Category Notifications from MAL73049. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in MAL73049 WP Post Category Notifications wp-post-category-notifications allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Post Category Notifications: from n/a through <= 1.0.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MAL73049 WP Post Category Notifications 0 – through 1.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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