CVE-2026-96531Optimole 4.0.0 - 4.2.12 - Author+ Stored XSS via Video Player Block
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Optimole unknown:optimole (from the name) | from 4.0.0 before 4.2.13 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15ad5748-8c2b-4c60-9818-57790f7033c7/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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