WordPress WP Hide Categories plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

published 2025-04-11 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-10792

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Huseyin Berberoglu WP Hide Categories wp-hide-categories allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Hide Categories: from n/a through <= 1.0.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-11)

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Huseyin Berberoglu WP Hide Categories

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-hide-categories/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-hide-categories-1-0-cross-site-script
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-31028
NVD CVE-2025-31028

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Summary