CVE-2026-2430 PUBLISHED

Autoptimize <= 3.1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Lazy-loaded Image Attributes

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 12.02.2026 Published: 20.03.2026 Updated: 20.03.2026

The Autoptimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the lazy-loading image processing in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.14. This is due to the use of an overly permissive regular expression in the add_lazyload function that replaces all occurrences of \ssrc= in image tags without limiting to the actual attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page by crafting an image tag where the src URL contains a space followed by src=, causing the regex to break the HTML structure and promote text inside attribute values into executable HTML attributes.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor optimizingmatters
Product Autoptimize
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 3.1.14 (incl.)

Credits

  • Matthew Rollings finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE