WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

EWWW Image Optimizer < 8.8.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
ewww-image-optimizer
Fixed in 8.8.0

References

CVE
CVE-2026-97067
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5b26206-8cf5-41ac-8ce8-02d0a5dd161c

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.5 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Intrudify
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
8b3d0cf8-1a45-47ca-8de5-1ee739a2f515

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-30 (about 17 days ago)
Added
2026-09-30 (about 16 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-30 (about 16 days ago)

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