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CVE-2026-97067
WordPress EWWW Image Optimizer plugin <= 8.7.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.17%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 93% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in EWWW Image Optimizer <= 8.7.7 versions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Patchstack
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 93% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
Shane Bishop · EWWW Image Optimizer
- affected n/a – ≤ 8.7.7
What to do
Solution: Update the WordPress EWWW Image Optimizer plugin to the latest available version (at least 8.8.0).
References
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-2026-89893 (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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