What is CVE-2026-2505?

CVE-2026-2505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elzahlan Categories Images, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-2505?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Elzahlan Categories Images

CVE-2026-2505

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…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.000 (1.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Elzahlan Categories Images — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34fb64d5-e152-4950-9ef4-6d53a…
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3499275/categories-images

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-2505?: CVE-2026-2505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elzahlan Categories Images, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-2505?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.