CVE-2025-46515 WordPress Category Widget plugin <= 2.0.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the WordPress Category Widget plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-46515?
CVE-2025-46515 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in M A Vinoth Kumar Category Widget, published on 23 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in M A Vinoth Kumar Category Widget category-widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Category Widget: from n/a through <= 2.0.2.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46515?
How do I fix CVE-2025-46515?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46515 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-2025-46515 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46515 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r9pj-264x-c5c5.