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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-14132

The Category Dropdown List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input

Published Dec 12, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Category Dropdown List

Last checked Nov 1, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14132. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of Category Dropdown List is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.25%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor pandikamal03 Category Dropdown List 0 ≤1.0

The Category Dropdown List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor pandikamal03 Category Dropdown List 0 ≤1.00 ≤1.0

How to fix CVE-2025-14132

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14132. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of Category Dropdown List is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with pandikamal03 Category Dropdown List 0 ≤1.0 0 ≤1.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.25%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Category Dropdown List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicki

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Category Dropdown List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicki

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14132

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-14132

    30-day exploitation probability 0.25%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-202973

    The Category Dropdown List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject ar

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 1, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 1, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 26, 2026
  • EUVDOct 26, 2026