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.

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Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions optimole
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions optimole

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Optimole 4.0.0 - 4.2.12 - Author+ Stored XSS via Video Player Block
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:41:13.936Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T11:22:24.455Z

Link: CVE-2026-96531

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-26T22:32:00.395Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-26T07:17:03.430

Modified: 2026-09-26T23:16:41.203

Link: CVE-2026-96531

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-27T01:15:09Z

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