Is Category Icon safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (1.0.5). As of 2026-11-04. 4 issues are on record for older versions; version 1.0.4 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Category Icon on the latest version (1.0.5) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Category Icon are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.0.2 and older, fixed in 1.0.3); Security issue (1.0.3 and older, fixed in 1.0.4); Path traversal / file read (1.0.1 and older, fixed in 1.0.2); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.0.0 and older, fixed in 1.0.1). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Category Icon?

1.0.5, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-08-13). It has 2,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Category Icon is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update category-icon). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · category-icon · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Category Icon safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 1.0.5
Last updated: 2026-08-13
Active installs: 2,000+
Known issues on record: 4
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+

A WordPress plugin to attach an icon and/or image to taxonomy terms. — by pixelgrade

What to do

Update to the latest version (1.0.5). Anything older than 1.0.4 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get category-icon --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update category-icon updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 5.9 CVE-2025-68525 · published 2025-12-24

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Category Icon (1.0.2 and older)

Affected: 1.0.2 and older
Fixed in: 1.0.3
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

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.

NVD CVE-2025-68525 Patchstack advisory

critical 9.1 CVE-2025-31039 · published 2025-06-09

Security issue in Category Icon (1.0.3 and older)

Affected: 1.0.3 and older
Fixed in: 1.0.4 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon category-icon allows XML Entity Linking.This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.

NVD CVE-2025-31039 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.9 CVE-2025-31825 · published 2025-04-03

Path traversal / file read in Category Icon (1.0.1 and older)

Affected: 1.0.1 and older
Fixed in: 1.0.2
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon category-icon allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.

NVD CVE-2025-31825 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2024-8915 · published 2024-10-12

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Category Icon (1.0.0 and older)

Affected: 1.0.0 and older
Fixed in: 1.0.1 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Category Icon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

NVD CVE-2024-8915 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)wordpress.org Plugin source

Recent activity

2026-08-13 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.0.5).
2025-12-24 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-68525), fixed in 1.0.3.
2025-06-09 — Security issue disclosed (CVE-2025-31039), fixed in 1.0.4.
2025-04-03 — Path traversal / file read disclosed (CVE-2025-31825), fixed in 1.0.2.

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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (2) · Path traversal and file read (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/category-icon (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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Is Category Icon safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (1.0.5)

What to do

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Category Icon (1.0.2 and older)

Security issue in Category Icon (1.0.3 and older)

Path traversal / file read in Category Icon (1.0.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Category Icon (1.0.0 and older)

Recent activity

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