WPSpeed <= 2.6.10 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Nickname/Display Name
CVSS score
6.4
EPSS probability
—
Risk score
0.6
Published
3 h ago
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Vulnerability description
DayBreach AI Explanation
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Short explanation
WPSpeed plugin up to and including version 2.6.10 is vulnerable to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue that allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to store malicious markup.
Authenticated attackers can store entity-encoded markup through their profile endpoints, causing malicious scripts to execute when logged-out visitors load their author archive pages.
What should be done?
- Follow vendor advisories
- Apply available updates
Chain of evidence and sources
WPSpeed sürümleri 2.6.10 ve öncesi saklanan siteler arası betik çalıştırma zafiyetinden etkilenmektedir.
Zafiyet, abone ve üzeri yetkiye sahip kullanıcıların kullanıcı takma adları üzerinden kod depolamasına izin verir.
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The WPSpeed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.6.10 This is due to a combination of two issues in the LightImages HTML optimizer: (1) Dispatcher::runOptimize() decides whether the current request is the site's home page by comparing only the URL path from REQUEST_URI against the path of the home URL, so on a plain-permalinks install the author archive URL /?author=<ID> is treated as the home page and the LightImages optimizer runs on it; and (2) LightImages::optimize() calls html_entity_decode() across the entire serialized DOMDocument output under the default-enabled img_processing_entity_decode setting, converting any entity-encoded markup present as plain text in the page (including WordPress's rendered author title) into live HTML. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store entity-encoded markup in their own nickname/display_name through the normal profile endpoint and have that markup rehydrated into executing script when any logged-out visitor loads their author archive.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE: CWE-79
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IMPACT: Affected Products and Software
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-118784 vulnerability. Where our threat engine knows the exact affected versions, they are listed below.
| ID | VENDOR | PRODUCT | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | john-dagelmore | WPSpeed – WordPress Speed, Cache & Performance Optimization (Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed 100) | View |
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SCORING: CVSS from Multiple Sources
CVSS Scores
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| SCORE | VERSION | SEVERITY | VECTOR | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | CVSS V31 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD |
| 6.4 | CVSS V3_1 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | CVE CNA |
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Public exploit and active exploitation status
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Weakness Classification and Attack Patterns (CWE & CAPEC)
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Attack Vector and Accessibility
Official Sources and Advisories
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6.4 / 10Vulnerability Scoring Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NYama durumu bilinmiyor
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