Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-26
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Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Optimole 4.0.0 - 4.2.12 - Author+ Stored XSS via Video Player Block
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-09-26T06:00:21.129Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T11:22:24.455Z

Link: CVE-2026-96531

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