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
| Vector | AV: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
Affected Products
Ewww Image Optimizer