CVE-2024-9591

Category and Taxonomy Image <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 22, 2024 at 07:36 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCategory and Taxonomy ImageCategory and Taxonomy Image

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Category and Taxonomy Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_category_image' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with editor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.0.0
v ≤ 1.0.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-79

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