Description
The FPW Category Thumbnails plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter of the 'fpw_fs_get_file' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin's settings page.
Problem types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Product status
Any version
Timeline
| 2026-02-15: | Vendor Notified |
| 2026-06-01: | Disclosed |
Credits
Nabil Irawan
References
www.wordfence.com/...-8713-48c8-98d6-0a155ca68325?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tags/1.9.5/ajax/getimageid.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ails/tags/1.9.5/code/table.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...-category-thumbnails-class.php