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Categories Images
categories-images
total installs
50,000
total vulns
2
critical
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high
0
medium
2
low
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latest vuln
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patched
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vulnerabilities
(2)
Categories Images <= 3.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'z_taxonomy_image' Shortcode
medium
✓ patched
cve id
CVE-2026-2505 ↗
cvss score
5.4
cwe
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
published
Apr 17, 2026
The Categories Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.3.1, via the 'z_taxonomy_image' shortcode. This is due to the shortcode rendering path passing attacker-controlled class input into a fallback image builder that concatenates HTML attributes without proper escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users interact with the injected frontend page via the 'class' shortcode attribute.
Categories Images <= 3.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
medium
✓ patched
cve id
CVE-2026-40734 ↗
cvss score
6.4
cwe
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
published
Mar 14, 2026
The Categories Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.