elzahlan Categories Images Plugin up to 3.3.1 on WordPress Shortcode z_taxonomy_image cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in elzahlan Categories Images Plugin up to 3.3.1 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function z_taxonomy_image of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-2505. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in elzahlan Categories Images Plugin up to 3.3.1 on WordPress. Affected is the function z_taxonomy_image of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

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 class input into a fallback image builder that concatenates HTML attributes without proper escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users interact with the injected frontend page via the 'class' shortcode attribute.

The weakness was shared by Athiwat Tiprasaharn and Tharadol Suksamran. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-2505 since 02/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-23672). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• elzahlan

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• Categories Images Plugin

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• 3.3.0
• 3.3.1

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