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CVE-2026-2505

Medium
CWE-79 — Weakness Type
Published: Apr 18, 2026  ·  Modified: Apr 21, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
5.4
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

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.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

The Categories Images WordPress plugin versions up to 3.3.1 contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the 'z_taxonomy_image' shortcode that allows authenticated contributors to inject malicious scripts. Attackers can exploit improper HTML escaping in the class attribute to execute arbitrary JavaScript when users view affected pages.

📄 Description (Arabic)

تحتوي إضافة فئات الصور على ثغرة تخزين XSS في اختصار z_taxonomy_image حيث لا يتم الهروب من مدخلات سمة الفئة بشكل صحيح. يمكن للمستخدمين المصرح لهم بمستوى المساهم أو أعلى حقن برامج نصية عشوائية تُنفذ عند تفاعل المستخدمين مع الصفحات المتأثرة.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

فئات الصور لـ WordPress حتى الإصدار 3.3.1 تحتوي على ثغرة تخزين XSS في اختصار 'z_taxonomy_image' تسمح للمساهمين المصرح لهم بحقن برامج نصية ضارة. يمكن للمهاجمين استغلال عدم الهروب الصحيح من HTML في سمة الفئة لتنفيذ JavaScript عشوائي عند عرض الصفحات المتأثرة.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 26, 2026 04:49
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
banking telecom government healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
5.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Update the Categories Images plugin to version 3.3.2 or later immediately. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict Contributor-level access to trusted users only and disable the z_taxonomy_image shortcode until patched. Implement Web Application Firewall rules to detect and block XSS payloads in shortcode attributes.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بتحديث إضافة فئات الصور إلى الإصدار 3.3.2 أو أحدث على الفور. إذا لم يكن التصحيح الفوري ممكناً، قيد وصول مستوى المساهم للمستخدمين الموثوقين فقط وعطل اختصار z_taxonomy_image حتى يتم تصحيحه. طبق قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب للكشف عن حمولات XSS وحجبها في سمات الاختصار.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
5.1 5.2
🔵 SAMA CSF
CC-6.1 CC-6.2
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.14.2.1 A.14.2.5
📊 CVSS Score
5.4
/ 10.0 — Medium
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredL — Low / Local
User InteractionR — Required
ScopeC — Changed
ConfidentialityL — Low / Local
IntegrityL — Low / Local
AvailabilityN — None / Network
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Medium
CVSS Score5.4
CWECWE-79
EPSS0.01%
Exploit No
Patch ✗ No
Published 2026-04-18
Source Feed nvd
Views 4
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
5.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: MEDIUM
🏷️ Tags
CWE-79
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