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CVE-2026-2352

The Autoptimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ao_post_preload' meta value in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.14. This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the `ao_metabox_save()` function and missing output escaping when the value is rendered into a `<link>` tag in `autoptimizeImages.php`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execu

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Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Autoptimize","vendor":"optimizingmatters","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.1.14","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

8 source assertions

{"url":"https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/commit/60d1e487e536a97ae317784f8aeaf0d2e93cd717"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/tags/3.1.14/classes/autoptimizeImages.php#L804"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/tags/3.1.14/classes/autoptimizeImages.php#L938"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/tags/3.1.14/classes/autoptimizeMetabox.php#L276"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/trunk/classes/autoptimizeImages.php#L804"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/trunk/classes/autoptimizeMetabox.php#L276"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3482530%40autoptimize&new=3482530%40autoptimize&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f3f9891-710e-49e4-b388-aa6d99c01840?source=cve"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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