Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in M A Vinoth Kumar Category Widget allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Category Widget: from n/a through 2.0.2.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-46515

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products

Vendor: M A Vinoth Kumar

Product: Category Widget

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 9.23% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46515
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/category-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-category-widget-plugin-2-0-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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