Cross-Site Scripting
3 records100%First: 2024. Latest: 2025.
Plugin security history
Category Posts Widget Vulnerability History & Security Timeline
The Wordfence Intelligence dataset currently contains 3 vulnerability records associated with Category Posts Widget, published between 2024 and 2025.
Dataset last synchronized: 2026-08-03 00:31:25 UTC
At a glance
Security Snapshot
3Total records
0Critical
0High
3Medium
0Low
0Informational
3Patched records
0Currently marked unpatched
2024-07-19First disclosure
2025-04-03Latest disclosure
3 of 3CVE coverage
Year-by-Year Timeline
| Year | Records | Relative volume |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Severity Breakdown
| Severity | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Medium | 3 | 100% |
Vulnerability-Type Breakdown
Patch Status
- Patched
- 3
- Currently marked unpatched
- 0
- Unknown status
- 0
Patch status reflects the latest successfully synchronized source dataset and must be checked against the installed version.
Latest Known Patched Versions
4.9.204.9.184.9.17
Affected-Version History
Ranges are deduplicated by source range record and shown with the associated disclosure and known patched versions.
| Affected range | Vulnerability | Published | Patched version | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
*-4.9.19 | Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.19 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | April 3, 2025 | 4.9.20 | Medium |
*-4.9.17 | Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.17 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site SCripting | December 17, 2024 | 4.9.18 | Medium |
*-4.9.16 | Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.16 & Pro < 4.9.13 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | July 19, 2024 | 4.9.17 | Medium |
Selected source records
Latest Records
MediumCVE-2025-1453
Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.19 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published: April 3, 2025
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.19
- Patched versions
- 4.9.20
MediumCVE-2024-9638
Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.17 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site SCripting
Published: December 17, 2024
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.17
- Patched versions
- 4.9.18
MediumCVE-2024-6158
Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.16 & Pro < 4.9.13 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published: July 19, 2024
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.16
- Patched versions
- 4.9.17
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.12
- Patched versions
- 4.9.13
Highest-Severity Records
MediumCVE-2024-6158
Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.16 & Pro < 4.9.13 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published: July 19, 2024
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.16
- Patched versions
- 4.9.17
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.12
- Patched versions
- 4.9.13
MediumCVE-2024-9638
Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.17 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site SCripting
Published: December 17, 2024
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.17
- Patched versions
- 4.9.18
MediumCVE-2025-1453
Category Posts Widget <= 4.9.19 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published: April 3, 2025
- Affected versions
- *-4.9.19
- Patched versions
- 4.9.20
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