CVE-2025-68525

WordPress Category Icon plugin <= 1.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

5.9 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon category-icon allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.18%Up 0.2 points since Dec 25, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.9

WordPress Category Icon plugin <= 1.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-68525
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-205196 5.9

Record: EUVD-2025-205196
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vh4j-wc5r-44xh 5.4

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...

Record: GHSA-vh4j-wc5r-44xh
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.9

Record: CVE-2025-68525
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

pixelgrade category icon

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-68525 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Pixelgrade Category Icon, published December 24, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.