What is CVE-2026-15249?

CVE-2026-15249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Patterns Kit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-15249?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Patterns Kit

CVE-2026-15249

The Patterns Kit WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not escape a link attribute before its client-side script inserts it into the page, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to store a payload that executes in the browser of a…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Patterns Kit — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-15249?: CVE-2026-15249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Patterns Kit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-15249?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.