CVE-2026-5226

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Description

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 pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/112cea93-fa4b-4692-8c8b-e74255f61939?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.3&new_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.4

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3498040/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php#L542

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php#L459

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/admin.php#L1012

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/manager.php#L542

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/manager.php#L459

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/admin.php#L1012

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-11

Updated: 2026-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium