Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Same Category Posts Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-14797

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
24 January 2026

What is CVE-2025-14797?

The Same Category Posts plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate handling of the widget title placeholder functionality. This flaw allows attackers with Author-level access and above to inject malicious scripts into pages, exploiting the use of htmlspecialchars_decode() on taxonomy term names, which can result in the execution of unwanted scripts whenever a user visits an infected page.

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Affected Version(s)

Same Category Posts * <= 1.1.19

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Athiwat Tiprasaharn
.