What is CVE-2025-14132?

CVE-2025-14132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pandikamal03 Category Dropdown List, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-14132?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Pandikamal03 Category Dropdown List

CVE-2025-14132

The Category Dropdown List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pandikamal03 Category Dropdown List — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14132?: CVE-2025-14132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pandikamal03 Category Dropdown List, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-14132?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.