Vulnerabilities and security researches forcategory-icon category-icon

Oct 13, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-8915
Home page URL: Security reports for Category Icon
Application: Category Icon
Date: Oct 12, 2024
Research Description: The Category Icon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 the SVG file.
Affected versions: max 1.0.1.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 05, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-31825
Home page URL: Security reports for Category Icon
Application: Category Icon
Date: Apr 03, 2025
Research Description: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon allows Path Traversal. This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through 1.0.0.
Affected versions: max 1.0.0.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 15, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-31039
Home page URL: Security reports for Category Icon
Application: Category Icon
Date: Jun 09, 2025
Research Description: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon allows XML Entity Linking. This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through 1.0.2.
Affected versions: max 1.0.2.
Status: vulnerable

Jan 06, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-68525
Home page URL: Security reports for Category Icon
Application: Category Icon
Date: Dec 24, 2025
Research Description: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon category-icon allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
Affected versions: max 1.0.2.
Status: vulnerable