Category Icon <= 1.0.2 - Authenticated (Author+) XML External Entity Injection

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVE CVE-2025-31039
CVSS Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published June 3, 2025
Last Updated June 12, 2025
Researcher Drew Webber (mcdruid)
Description

The Category Icon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) in versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This may make it possible for allow authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to extract sensitive data or achieve code execution in vulnerable configurations.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug category-icon (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.2
Patched Version
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