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 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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-26T06:00:21.129Z
Reserved: 2026-09-23T11:22:24.455Z
Link: CVE-2026-96531
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-26T07:17:03.430
Modified: 2026-09-26T07:17:03.430
Link: CVE-2026-96531
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-26T07:45:06Z
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