What is CVE-2026-15253?

CVE-2026-15253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Easy Media Replace, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-15253?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Easy Media Replace

CVE-2026-15253

The Easy Media Replace WordPress plugin through 0.2.0 does not sanitise and escape an attachment title before outputting it in an HTML attribute in the media library list view, allowing users with the Author role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that are executed in the browser of a higher privileged user who views the media library.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Unknown Easy Media Replace

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-15253?: CVE-2026-15253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Easy Media Replace, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-15253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.