Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2026
CVE-2026-2430
Autoptimize <= 3.1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Lazy-loaded Image Attributes
6.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
Autoptimize · optimizingmatters
through 3.1.14 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2430
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2430
github.com
https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/commit/a0f87112fe80b5a97b036229c41cb18454392858
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/tags/3.1.14/classes/autoptimizeImages.php#L987
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autoptimize/trunk/classes/autoptimizeImages.php#L987
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3482530%40autoptimize&new=3482530%40autoptimize&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddc5c4d7-09dc-45bf-a3c7-5a0757e3110a?source=cve
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