Is category-posts-widget (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress category-posts-widget has 3 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.28.3, updated 2026-10-28.

3advisories

0critical

0on CISA KEV

0no fix recorded

CVE	Title	Severity	CVSS	Affected	Fixed in
CVE-2024-6158	The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not valid	medium	4.8	`<4.9.17`	`4.9.17`
CVE-2024-9638	The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege	medium	4.8	`<4.9.18`	`4.9.18`
CVE-2025-1453	The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.20 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege	medium	4.8	`<4.9.20`	`4.9.20`

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