CVE-2025-58239 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2025-58239

WordPress WP Category Dropdown Plugin <= 1.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chandrika Sista WP Category Dropdown wp-category-dropdown allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Category Dropdown: from n/a through <= 1.9.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

zaim | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-category-dropdown/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-category-dropdown-plugin-1-9-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Affected Vendor

Chandrika Sista

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Affected Software

WP Category Dropdown

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: September 22nd, 2025

Last Modified: May 12th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories