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

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.