CVE-2026-15233 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.2.15 does not properly escape post titles before outputting them into HTML attributes on an administrative listing screen, allowing users with the Editor role (or Contributor/Author when the Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.2.15 is enabled for the post type) to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the session of any higher-privileged user who views that screen.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0376718-4bea-4e1e-a76c-100799cb9b25/

History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20 CWE-79

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.2.15 does not properly escape post titles before outputting them into HTML attributes on an administrative listing screen, allowing users with the Editor role (or Contributor/Author when the Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.2.15 is enabled for the post type) to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the session of any higher-privileged user who views that screen.
Title		Nested Pages < 3.2.15 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Post Title
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0376718-4bea-4e1e-a76c-100799cb9b25/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-04T06:00:10.588Z

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:34:29.485Z

Reserved: 2026-07-09T11:31:43.412Z

Link: CVE-2026-15233

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:34:20.439Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T09:30:06Z

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