6.8

CVE-2026-96531: unknown optimole Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.8v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 26-09-2026Last modified 26-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-96531 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown optimole. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 4.2.13.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 26-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

26-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • optimole-wp≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.2.12 (fixed in 4.2.13)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links