CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-2430
The Autoptimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the lazy-loading image processing in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.14. This is due to the use of an overly permissive regular expression in the `add_lazyload` function that replaces all occurrences of `\ssrc=` in image tags without limiting to the actual attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Autoptimize","vendor":"optimizingmatters","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.1.14","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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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"}
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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"}
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Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/commit/a0f87112fe80b5a97b036229c41cb18454392858"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/tags/3.1.14/classes/autoptimizeImages.php#L987"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/trunk/classes/autoptimizeImages.php#L987"}
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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_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:03b6d30cd429c1bd29add9d2b0640e6d18798ad0532854accbba0c03e380bf99 · sha256:130c056af3befca3… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddc5c4d7-09dc-45bf-a3c7-5a0757e3110a?source=cve"}
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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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