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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-5226

The Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL paths in versions up to, and including, 4.2.3…

Published Apr 11, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · the affected product

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5226. EPSS is 0.45%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.45%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record

The Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL paths in versions up to, and including, 4.2.3 This is due to insufficient output escaping on user-supplied URL paths in the get_current_url() function, which are inserted into JavaScript code via str_replace() without proper JavaScript context escaping in the replace_content() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated named in the record<= 4.2.3

How to fix CVE-2026-5226

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5226. EPSS is 0.45%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 4.2.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). EPSS 0.45%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 11, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL paths in versions up to, and including, 4.2.3 This is due to insufficient output escaping on user-supplied URL paths in the get_current_url() function, which are inserted into JavaScript code via str_replace() without proper JavaScript context escaping in the replace_content() f

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL paths in versions up to, and including, 4.2.3 This is due to insufficient output escaping on user-supplied URL paths in the get_current_url() function, which are inserted into JavaScript code via str_replace() without proper JavaScript context escaping in the replace_content() f

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5226

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-5226

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5226

    The Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL paths in versions up to, and including, 4.2.3 This is due to insufficient output escaping on user-supplied URL paths in the get_current_url() function, which a

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.