WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

RT Mega Menu < 1.5.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Menu Item CSS

Description

The plugin does not perform a capability check on the AJAX action that saves mega-menu configuration and per-menu-item settings; its only gate is a nonce that any logged-in user can read from a standard admin page. A subscriber-level user can therefore enable the mega menu on a site menu and store a menu-item style value that is rendered, without output escaping, into a style attribute on the public navigation. By breaking out of that attribute the user persists a JavaScript event handler that executes for every visitor who hovers the navigation, including administrators, leading to session/site takeover.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.5.2

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Shivamani Vastrala
Submitter
Shivamani Vastrala
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-07-20 (about 13 days ago)
Added
2026-07-20 (about 12 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-31 (about 1 day ago)

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