{"id":"CVE-2026-111737","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-111737","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:42:03.819Z","title":"The Speed Optimizer WordPress plugin before 7.8.5 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the head of front-end pages, which could allow high-privilege users such as admins to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting…","description":"The Speed Optimizer  WordPress plugin before 7.8.5 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the head of front-end pages, which could allow high-privilege users such as admins to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).","published":"2026-10-23T06:17:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-23T14:20:58.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.5,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00185,"percentile":0.08042,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-23","score":0.00153,"percentile":0.04073}]},"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 (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-23T14:00:17.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"3.5","severity":"LOW","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 3.5 LOW."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-23T06:17:06.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-23T06:17:05.790Z"},"summary":"New CVE, low severity (CVSS 3.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/308b6173-139d-4940-869d-c9ff1e83c323/","source":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111737","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."}