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CVE-2026-5226

The Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL paths in versions up to, and including, 4.2.3 This is due to insufficient output escaping on user-supplied URL paths in the get_current_url() function, which are inserted into JavaScript code via str_replace() without proper JavaScript context escaping in the replace_content() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pag
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:5ce9c95a0486333a57e3147d743998246bf2d1f6e1925e44bff91b71a7c705a7
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time","vendor":"optimole","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"4.2.3","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

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
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

9 source assertions
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/admin.php#L1012"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/manager.php#L459"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/manager.php#L542"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/admin.php#L1012"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php#L459"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php#L542"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3498040/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.3&new_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.4"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/8
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/112cea93-fa4b-4692-8c8b-e74255f61939?source=cve"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2b261e7a802afa8823574fe53cb1e922f398d951084bb693c95b34f506f1a17e · sha256:4c15f68d9f283dc4… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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

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