The WP Rocket plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.21.0.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied data via the rocket_beacon AJAX endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wp Media
Wp Media wp Rocket
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wp Media
Wp Media wp Rocket
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The WP Rocket plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.21.0.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied data via the rocket_beacon AJAX endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title WP Rocket <= 3.21.0.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Picture Source Attributes in rocket_beacon Endpoint
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T15:58:57.068Z

Reserved: 2026-04-09T00:33:55.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-5934

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T15:58:53.302Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-28T16:18:19.657

Modified: 2026-08-28T20:19:04.263

Link: CVE-2026-5934

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T17:15:03Z