CVE-2026-15941

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The plugin provides an Admin Search page that allows users with the edit_posts capability to run Relevanssi searches from the WordPress dashboard. The AJAX handler accepts a URL-encoded args parameter, parses it into a WP_Query, and then passes user-controlled taxonomy query data into Relevanssi's taxonomy restriction builder. The taxonomy value is sanitized as text but is not parameterized for SQL before being interpolated into a term taxonomy lookup query. This allows an authenticated contributor-level attacker to inject SQL through the Admin Search AJAX request and execute time-based blind SQL injection against the WordPress database.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
17%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15941(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 10:51 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-19 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-18 06:53 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-17 04:56 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 04:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-16 02:59 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 02:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-15 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-13 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-13 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-12 04:14 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-12 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-11 02:17 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-11 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-10 00:20 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-10 00:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-08 22:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-08 22:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-07 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-07 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-06 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-06 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-05 16:31 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-05 16:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-05 06:21 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-05 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-05 05:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15941?
CVE-2026-15941 is a medium vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. The plugin provides an Admin Search page that allows users with the editposts capability to run Relevanssi searches from the WordPress dashboard. The AJAX handler accepts a URL-encoded args parameter, parses it into a WPQuery, and then passes user-controlled taxonomy query data into Relevanssi's…
When was CVE-2026-15941 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15941 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15941 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15941 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 83.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15941?
CVE-2026-15941 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15941?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15941, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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