phpwarden
FeaturesComparePricingAdvisoriesBlogDocsChangelogLog in
Log inStart free

CVE-2024-9591: The Category and Taxonomy Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_category_image' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input

medium Affects wp-custom-taxonomy-image (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Category and Taxonomy Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_category_image' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input

Package
wp-custom-taxonomy-image (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=1.0.0
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (20.2th percentile)
Published
2024-10-22
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordwp-custom-taxonomy-image (WordPress plugin) advisories

Am I affected?

Find out in one command. phpwarden checks your WordPress install against this advisory and 20,000+ others, ranked by real-world exploitation (CISA KEV + EPSS). Free, offline, open data.

# one-time install
pip install phpwarden

# then
phpwarden wordpress /var/www/html

Or keep it checked automatically with the GitHub Action or a nightly cron; see WordPress docs.

Install docs   How findings are ranked

Related advisories