High severity · published Oct 9, 2026
CVE-2026-97076
WordPress WP Rocket plugin < 3.23.5 - Denial of Service Attack vulnerability
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Executable Regular Expression Error vulnerability in WP Media WP Rocket wp-rocket allows Code Injection.This issue affects WP Rocket: from n/a before 3.23.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WR
WP Rocket · WP Media
before 3.23.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97076
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97076
vdb-entry
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-rocket/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-rocket-plugin-3-23-5-denial-of-service-attack-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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