CVE-2026-96531

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Description

The Optimole WordPress plugin before 4.2.13 does not escape unrecognized attributes of its video-player block before rendering them onto the block's wrapper element, allowing users with the Author role and above to store an event-handler attribute that executes scripts in the browser of any user, such as an administrator, who views the post.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15ad5748-8c2b-4c60-9818-57790f7033c7/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-26

Updated: 2026-09-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00235