CVE-2025-1453
Medium
Description
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.20 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.8
Exploit probability—
ProductZephyrwest Category Posts Widget
PublishedApr 24, 2025
First seenApr 24, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-79Cross-site scripting (XSS)
How to fix
Update
- zephyrwest category_posts_widget4.9.20 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| zephyrwest category_posts_widget | v < 4.9.20 | 4.9.20 |
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