CVE-2026-15649
Published: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:16
Summary
The Powerkit – Supercharge your WordPress Site plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0 due to insufficien
Details
The Powerkit – Supercharge your WordPress Site plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerkit/tags/3.0.9/modules/basic-elements/public/class-powerkit-basic-elements-public.php#L83
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerkit/tags/3.0.9/modules/basic-elements/templates/progressbars.php#L109
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerkit/tags/3.1.0/modules/basic-elements/public/class-powerkit-basic-elements-public.php#L83
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerkit/tags/3.1.0/modules/basic-elements/templates/progressbars.php#L109
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3629599/powerkit
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f86c6ada-112b-4b1f-b1ac-7dd4920953c8?source=cve
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