# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wrxq-46vv-55c2

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-15299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-15299 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wealcoder Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion Elementor Addons & Website Templates. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15299/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15299/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15299
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15299
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-15299

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15299/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.