WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

a3 Lazy Load < 2.7.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Video Element

Description

The a3 Lazy Load plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.6 This is due to a regex bug in the _filter_videos() method that breaks HTML attribute quoting when processing crafted <video> elements, combined with unescaped output in the admin/views/form-data.php template. An authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access can insert a crafted <video> tag whose src attribute contains an embedded class=" substring that tricks the plugin's class-replacement regex into consuming an attribute-value closing quote. This shifts the HTML5 parser's quote boundary, promoting attacker-controlled text from inside a quoted attribute value into standalone event-handler attributes (autofocus, onfocus). The injected script executes in the browser of any user (including administrators) who views the post.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.7.7

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
theviper17y
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-05-27 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2026-05-27 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-28 (about 2 months ago)

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