PT-2026-78309 · WordPress · Ewww Image Optimizer

CVE-2026-15446

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Published

2026-08-19

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Updated

2026-08-20

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions EWWW Image Optimizer versions prior to 8.7.4
Description Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting. An attacker can embed a crafted img element with the class lazyload and a data-script attribute pointing to a malicious URL within post content. The plugin's bundled lazysizes ls.unveilhooks addon then dynamically creates and inserts a script element into the Document Object Model (DOM) when a user views the page, executing the arbitrary web script.
Recommendations Update to version 8.7.4 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-15446

Affected Products

Ewww Image Optimizer