diff -r 7b1b88e27a20 -r 48c4eec2b7e6 wp/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-categories.php
--- a/wp/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-categories.php	Thu Sep 29 08:06:27 2022 +0200
+++ b/wp/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-categories.php	Fri Sep 05 18:40:08 2025 +0200
@@ -92,11 +92,10 @@
 
 			echo '</form>';
 
-			$type_attr = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'script' ) ? '' : ' type="text/javascript"';
+			ob_start();
 			?>
 
-<script<?php echo $type_attr; ?>>
-/* <![CDATA[ */
+<script>
 (function() {
 	var dropdown = document.getElementById( "<?php echo esc_js( $dropdown_id ); ?>" );
 	function onCatChange() {
@@ -106,10 +105,10 @@
 	}
 	dropdown.onchange = onCatChange;
 })();
-/* ]]> */
 </script>
 
 			<?php
+			wp_print_inline_script_tag( wp_remove_surrounding_empty_script_tags( ob_get_clean() ) );
 		} else {
 			$format = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'navigation-widgets' ) ? 'html5' : 'xhtml';
 
@@ -203,5 +202,4 @@
 		</p>
 		<?php
 	}
-
 }