CVE-2025-23586Network attack vector

Unauthenticated reflected script execution

Published Mar 3, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026

Reflected XSS in WP Post Category Notifications 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts through a crafted request. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected request parameter, handler, or output context beyond identifying improper neutralization during page generation. Exploitation is unauthenticated but requires a user to follow a crafted link or otherwise load the reflected response, exposing that browser session to script-driven data access and actions within the affected site's origin.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.39%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Reflected XSS in WP Post Category Notifications 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts through a crafted request. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected request parameter, handler, or output context beyond identifying improper neutralization during page generation. Exploitation is unauthenticated but requires a user to follow a crafted link or otherwise load the reflected response, exposing that browser session to script-driven data access and actions within the affected site's origin.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23586
Published
Mar 3, 2025
Updated
Apr 28, 2026
Vendor
Markus Alexander Lehmann
Product
WP Post Category Notifications
Classifications
CWE-79, CAPEC-591, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Markus Alexander Lehmann · WP Post Category Notificationsversion=0 <=1.0

Published CVSS scores

7.1PatchstackCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC-591Reflected XSS
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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