CVE-2026-5226
Optimole <= 4.2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Page Profiler URL
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
optimole · Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time
- affected ≤ 4.2.3
References (9)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/112cea93-fa4b-4692-8c8b-e74255f61939?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php#L459 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/manager.php#L459 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php#L542 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/manager.php#L542 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/admin.php#L1012 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.1/inc/admin.php#L1012 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3498040/optimole-wp/trunk/inc/manager.php (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.3&new_path=%2Foptimole-wp/tags/4.2.4 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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