CVE-2026-4246

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The ElementsKit Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter of the Advanced Search REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.10.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The REST endpoint at /wp-json/elementskit/v1/advanced-search uses permission_callback set to __return_true, allowing unauthenticated access. Search terms are stored in the ekit_advanced_search_popular_keyword WordPress option via update_option(). While sanitize_text_field() is applied, it does not encode double quotes, and the stored keywords are rendered in HTML attributes via sprintf without esc_attr(), allowing attribute injection. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user triggers the "no results" popular keywords view on pages using the Advanced Search widget.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(high)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: 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
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 28, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-4246(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 13× in last 7d / 13× 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. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-28 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-28 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-28 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-28 15:17 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-28 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-28 08:35 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-28 07:33 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-28 07:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-4246?
CVE-2026-4246 is a medium vulnerability published on August 28, 2026. The ElementsKit Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter of the Advanced Search REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.10.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The REST endpoint at…
When was CVE-2026-4246 disclosed?
CVE-2026-4246 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-4246 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-4246 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 80.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-4246?
CVE-2026-4246 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-4246?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-4246, 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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