CVE-2026-15299 Animation Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Weather Widget
Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Weather widget, leading to stored XSS on frontend pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-15299?
CVE-2026-15299 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wealcoder Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion Elementor Addons & Website Templates, published on 10 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15299?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15299?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-15299 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15299 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wrxq-46vv-55c2.