{"id":"CVE-2022-0969","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-0969","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:08:33.927Z","title":"The Image optimization & Lazy Load by Optimole WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not sanitise and escape its \"Lazyload background images for selectors\" settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site scripting…","description":"The Image optimization & Lazy Load by Optimole WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not sanitise and escape its \"Lazyload background images for selectors\" settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.","published":"2022-04-11T15:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:21:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["vertistudio/image optimization \\& lazy load by optimole"],"epss":{"score":0.00741,"percentile":0.54368,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2695242","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/59a7a441-7384-4006-89b4-15345f70fabf","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2695242","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/59a7a441-7384-4006-89b4-15345f70fabf","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0969","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}