WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Speed Optimizer < 7.8.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via DNS Prefetch and Font Preload URL Lists

Description

The plugin does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the head of front-end pages, which could allow high-privilege users such as admins to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 7.8.5

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-21 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-21 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-21 (about 1 day ago)

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