CVE-2026-96531 (GCVE-0-2026-96531)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-26 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-26 06:00
VLAI
Title
Optimole 4.0.0 - 4.2.12 - Author+ Stored XSS via Video Player Block
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15ad5748-8c2b-4c… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Optimole Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.2.13 (semver)
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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