CVE-2026-15299
Received Received - Intake

Stored XSS in Animation Addons for Elementor Plugin

Publication date: 2026-07-10

Last updated on: 2026-07-10

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Animation Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'weather_style' and 'move_direction' parameters of the Weather widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.3. This is due to insufficient output escaping in the Weather widget's render() function at widgets/weather.php:1246, where both settings values are placed into an HTML class attribute without esc_attr(). Elementor does not server-side validate widget SELECT control values against allowed options on save, so an authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access or above can submit a crafted save_builder AJAX request storing arbitrary values in the _elementor_data post meta. The stored payload renders unescaped on every frontend visit to the affected page (the Weather widget requires an OpenWeatherMap API key to reach the vulnerable output, which is the normal operational state for sites using this widget).

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Published
2026-07-10
Last Modified
2026-07-10
Generated
2026-07-10
AI Q&A
2026-07-10
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-15299
EUVD
EUVD-2026-42806

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Vendor Product Version / Range
elementor animation_addons_for_elementor to 2.6.3 (inc)

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CWE-79 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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Executive Summary

The Animation Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its Weather widget. This vulnerability exists in all versions up to and including 2.6.3. It occurs because the 'weather_style' and 'move_direction' parameters are inserted into an HTML class attribute without proper escaping, allowing malicious code to be stored and executed.

An authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access or higher can exploit this by submitting a specially crafted AJAX request that stores arbitrary values in the post meta data. These malicious values then render unescaped on every frontend visit to the affected page, potentially executing harmful scripts.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow an attacker with Contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts into your website's pages that use the Weather widget. These scripts execute in the browsers of visitors to the affected pages, potentially leading to theft of user data, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious activities.

Because the malicious payload is stored and rendered on every frontend visit, the impact can be persistent and affect all visitors to the site, increasing the risk and scope of the attack.

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