CVE-2026-5226 PUBLISHED

Optimole <= 4.2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Page Profiler URL

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 31.03.2026 Published: 11.04.2026 Updated: 11.04.2026

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.

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CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.1

Product Status

Vendor optimole
Product Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.2.3 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

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