CVE-2026-97076: WordPress WP Rocket plugin < 3.23.5 - Denial of Service Attack vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-09 · updated 2026-10-11
Weakness: CWE-624

Description

Executable Regular Expression Error vulnerability in WP Media WP Rocket wp-rocket allows Code Injection.This issue affects WP Rocket: from n/a before 3.23.5.

Affected products

WP Media WP Rocket: before 3.23.5 — fixed in 3.23.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Media WP Rocket 3.23.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-rocket/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-rocket-plugin-3-23-5-denial-of-service-attack-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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