Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-2382FPW Category Thumbnails <= 1.9.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'id' Parameter
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in FPW Category Thumbnails from frankpw. 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 9% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The FPW Category Thumbnails plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter of the 'fpw_fs_get_file' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin's settings page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| frankpw | FPW Category Thumbnails | 0 – through 1.9.5 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fdbddd7-8713-48c8-98d6-0a155ca68325?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fpw-category-thumbnails/tags/1.9.5/ajax/getimageid.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fpw-category-thumbnails/tags/1.9.5/code/table.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fpw-category-thumbnails/tags/1.9.5/classes/fpw-category-thumbnails-class.php#L54