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Category Icon <= 1.0.1 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Download vulnerability

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2025-04-02

The Category Icon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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Score:4.9

Severity:Medium

Version: 1.0.1

There is a patch available in v1.0.2 and we strongly recommend you update to this version as soon as possible.