Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Powerkit Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-15645

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Powerkit – Supercharge Your WordPress Site
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-15645?

The Powerkit plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping via the 'nav' shortcode attribute. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this weakness to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. When other users visit these compromised pages, the injected scripts will execute, leading to potential data theft or site manipulation.

Affected Version(s)

Powerkit – Supercharge your WordPress Site 0 <= 3.1.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerkit/tags/...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerkit/tags/...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Wordfence PRISM
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