What is CVE-2026-15726?

CVE-2026-15726 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cryout-Creations Serious Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-15726?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Cryout-Creations Serious Slider

CVE-2026-15726

The Serious Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'theme' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cryout-creations Serious Slider — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-15726?: CVE-2026-15726 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cryout-Creations Serious Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-15726?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.