Description
The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 3.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Published: 2022-09-16
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-34882 The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 3.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00112}

epss

{'score': 0.00113}


Subscriptions

Autoptimize Autoptimize
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:46:03.470Z

Reserved: 2022-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2635

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-16T09:15:10.663

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:01:24.787

Link: CVE-2022-2635

cve-icon Redhat

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Weaknesses