Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-97328

WebP Express

WebP Express < 0.25.16 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Alter HTML Parser

CVSS 3.1
7.5High

Official description

The WebP Express WordPress plugin before 0.25.16 does not escape values that its bundled HTML parser re-emits into element attributes when a non-default image delivery mode is enabled, allowing unauthenticated users to submit content that is stored and later executed as Cross-Site Scripting in the browser of any user viewing an affected page, including administrators.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.5High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
— WebP Express v < 0.25.16 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-10-22
Last updated
2026-10-22
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
WPScan

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.28%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
20.7%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-79
    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')