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CVE-2026-96572

The WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored…

Risk score
51/100
CVSS
7.2 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.2%
Published
10 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
The WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web …
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 7.2 high
  • Remotely exploitable without logging in

References

Original description

The WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.18 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 payload is delivered via the comment author name field, which must clear WordPress's comment moderation workflow before being displayed, though this represents a display prerequisite rather than any sanitization control.

Last activity 10 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.