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CVE-2026-77365: Optimole <= 4.2.10 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'a' (above_fold_images) Parameter
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-28 · updated 2026-08-28
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'a' (above_fold_images) parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
- Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization: through 4.2.10
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.10/inc/manager.php#L468
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.10/inc/rest.php#L159
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.10/inc/rest.php#L935
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.10/inc/v2/PageProfiler/Profile.php#L189
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.10/inc/v2/PageProfiler/Profile.php#L485
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.7/inc/manager.php#L468
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.7/inc/rest.php#L159
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.7/inc/rest.php#L935
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.7/inc/v2/PageProfiler/Profile.php#L189
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.7/inc/v2/PageProfiler/Profile.php#L485
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3666687/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/v2/PageProfiler/Profile.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.10&new_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.11
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