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CVE-2026-3220: Autoptimize (WordPress plugin) · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affects Autoptimize (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High : upgrade to 3.1.15 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 24% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.1.15, 2.4.2, 7.7.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Autoptimize to 3.1.15; Clearfy Cache to 2.4.2; Speed Optimizer to 7.7.9.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
AutoptimizeAffected
  • <3.1.15
Fixed in
  • 3.1.15
Clearfy CacheAffected
  • <2.4.2
Fixed in
  • 2.4.2
Speed OptimizerAffected
  • <7.7.9
Fixed in
  • 7.7.9

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, consider disabling the plugin or limiting its use to trusted environments to reduce exposure.

Description

The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 3.1.15, Clearfy Cache WordPress plugin before 2.4.2, Speed Optimizer WordPress plugin before 7.7.9 are vulnerable to unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to a predictable replacement hash used during the HTML minification process and abusing a regular expression. This allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML attributes in the final HTML output by anticipating the placeholder format.

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