CVE-2026-15233 (GCVE-0-2026-15233)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-04 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-04 17:34
VLAI
Title
Nested Pages < 3.2.15 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Post Title
Summary
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.2.15 does not properly escape post titles before outputting them into HTML attributes on an administrative listing screen, allowing users with the Editor role (or Contributor/Author when the Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.2.15 is enabled for the post type) to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the session of any higher-privileged user who views that screen.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0376718-4bea-4e… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Nested Pages Affected: 0 , < 3.2.15 (semver)
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Credits
Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi WPScan
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