Stored cross-site scripting in AAA Autoload Optimizer plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The AAA Autoload Optimizer plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 1.7.0. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the option_page parameter (CWE-79) allow stored cross-site scripting. An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can inject scripts that run when a user opens the injected page, but only when the plugin's Option Tracking setting is set to Legacy mode.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
The AAA Autoload Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'option_page' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the plugin's Option Tracking setting to be configured to 'Legacy' mode, and succeeds despite WordPress ultimately returning HTTP 403 to the low-privileged caller because the vulnerable 'all' filter fires before the capability check in wp-admin/options.php.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Planner | AAA Autoload Optimizer | up to 1.7.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- AAA Autoload Optimizer VendorProgress Planner Affected up to 1.7.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for AAA Autoload Optimizer.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119211
- 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-w4v2-754j-rcj5
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b880e0d-491d-4464-902d-6e601dd7c315?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aaa-option-optimizer/tags/1.7.0/js/admin-script.js#L343
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aaa-option-optimizer/tags/1.7.0/src/class-rest.php#L563
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aaa-option-optimizer/tags/1.7.0/src/class-plugin.php#L119
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3779738%40aaa-option-optimizer&new=3779738%40aaa-option-optimizer
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Sources
- CVE-2026-119211 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119211 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w4v2-754j-rcj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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