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CVE-2026-84829
Unknown Optimole — Optimole < 4.2.12 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Srcset Descriptor Parameter
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U H H H 8.8 .0050 41.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Optimole 4.2.3 – —
TIMELINE
Sep 2 Reserved by WPScan
Sep 16 Published (CNA: WPScan)
Sep 17 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-84829 (Unknown Optimole). Public exploit reference added.
Description
The Optimole WordPress plugin before 4.2.12 does not properly escape a user supplied value before using it to build an image tag attribute, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary attributes into pages served to every visitor, which leads to Stored Cross-Site Scripting.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| September 2, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by WPScan |
| September 16, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: WPScan) |
| September 17, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-84829 (Unknown Optimole). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Unknown | Optimole | — | 4.2.3 | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-84829 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.