CVE-2026-96531CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-96531

Medium · published September 26, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00235 · 13.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-09-26T11:17Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 26 SEP 06:00Z
    Optimole 4.0.0 - 4.2.12 - Author+ Stored XSS via Video Player Block
    cvelistv5