CVE-2026-91049
EWWW Image Optimizer 8.7.4 - 8.9.0 - Author+ Stored XSS via 'data-script' Lazy Load Attribute
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
The EWWW Image Optimizer WordPress plugin before 8.9.1 does not properly sanitize and restrict a value in post content before using it to dynamically load and execute a script in the page, allowing authenticated attackers with author-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that run in the session of any user who views the affected page, including administrators. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-15446: the origin and path restrictions added from 8.7.4 onward were each bypassable, so versions 8.7.4 through 8.9.0 remain affected.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cdaf3779-3e8a-4997-9868-707bcc06f9a7/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
Unknown · EWWW Image Optimizer
- affected 8.7.4 – < 8.9.1
References
References1
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cdaf3779-3e8a-4997-9868-707bcc06f9a7/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-117348 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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