---
id: CVE-2025-10163
title: >-
  The List category posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL
  Injection via the ‘starting_with’ parameter of the catlist shortcode in all
  versions up to, and including, 0.91.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user
  suppl…
summary: >-
  The List category posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL
  Injection via the ‘starting_with’ parameter of the catlist shortcode in all
  versions up to, and including, 0.91.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user
  suppl…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-89
published: '2025-12-11'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T10:10:00.227'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10163'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.91.0/include/lcp-parameters.php#L240
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/21708205-dd43-4b22-9151-bc6f882422cb?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00322
epssPercentile: 0.23178
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T10:28:24.604Z'
---

## Overview

The List category posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘starting_with’ parameter of the catlist shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.91.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.