# CVE-2026-119070: Optimole \<= 4.2.17 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Backslash-Escaped Unicode in URL Replacer

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-118552, GHSA-M3MP-7PQ7-5Q6H
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-07 · Updated: 2026-11-07

CVE-2026-119070 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.2 (high) and affects Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The Optimole WordPress image optimization plugin has a stored cross-site scripting flaw in its comment handling, which lets an attacker remotely, without logging in, inject scripts that run whenever a user accesses an affected page. No user interaction beyond loading that page is needed to trigger the injected scripts.

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## Affected

- optimole Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization: through 4.2.17

## Description

The Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The exploit requires the plugin to be in its normal connected state (cdn_key and cdn_secret configured) with the image replacer enabled, which is the default post-setup configuration; the stored payload bypasses all WordPress comment sanitization filters because it contains no HTML metacharacters at storage time — the characters are produced only by Optimole's own decoder at render time.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on optimole Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-119070 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119070

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119070?

Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization: through 4.2.17.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119070

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12ec2c2f-a86c-4b8f-b7fd-5917e31e1cd0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.17/inc/url_replacer.php#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.17/inc/url_replacer.php#L86
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.17/inc/manager.php#L770
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.17/inc/manager.php#L889
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.17/inc/config.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimole-wp/tags/4.2.18

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