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CVE-2025-14797

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
January 24, 2026
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • kometschuh Same Category Posts — Up to and including 1.1.19

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L639
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L665
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/same-category-posts/tags/1.1.19/same-category-posts.php#L707
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3444428%40same-category-posts&new=3444428%40same-category-posts&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70434876-4876-4da8-9af1-6f6ef5632f26?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record