Animation Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Weather Widget
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
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).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wealcoder | Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion Elementor Addons & Website Templates | up to 2.6.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion Elementor Addons & Website Templates Vendorwealcoder Affected up to 2.6.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15299
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wrxq-46vv-55c2
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2e755c7-7d1e-45f7-9d0b-2df1ef0bdd02?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animation-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.6.3/widgets/weather.php#L1246
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animation-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.6.4/widgets/weather.php#L1246
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/animation-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.6.3&new_path=/animation-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.6.4
More wealcoder vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-41294 WordPress Animation Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.4.5 - Arbitrary Content Deletion vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-28671 WordPress Animation Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.6.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-07730 Cross-site scripting in wealcoder Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2024-11447 Information disclosure in wealcoder Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-15299 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15299 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wrxq-46vv-55c2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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