Known vulnerabilities in Category Dropdown by GCS Design

Display a parent and child categories in a dropdown. Works with custom taxonomies and WooCommerce product categories.

2Reported vulnerabilities

6.4Highest CVSS score

1.9Latest version

1,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Category Dropdown by GCS Design to 1.9 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: October 9, 2024 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.6.7 / View on wordpress.org

This plugin has not been updated in over two years. New vulnerabilities may never be fixed. Consider an alternative.

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-58239	Medium 6.4	0.3%	1.9 and earlier	—	September 22, 2025
CVE-2024-8103	Medium 5.4	0.3%	1.8 and earlier	`1.9`	September 25, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.