CVE-2025-14797 Same Category Posts <= 1.1.19 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Title Placeholder
Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can inject arbitrary scripts via widget titles, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14797?
CVE-2025-14797 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in kometschuh Same Category Posts, published on 24 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14797?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14797?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14797 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-14797 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14797 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j8j2-g6rq-7m6c.