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MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
The a3 Lazy Load plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.6 This is due to a regex bug in the _filter_videos() method that breaks HTML attribute quoting when processing crafted <video> elements, combined with unescaped output in the admin/views/form-data.php template. An authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access can insert a crafted <video> tag whose src attribute contains an embedded class=" substring that tricks the plugin's class-replacement regex into consuming an attribute-value closing quote. This shifts the HTML5 parser's quote boundary, promoting attacker-controlled text from inside a quoted attribute value into standalone event-handler attributes (autofocus, onfocus). The injected script executes in the browser of any user (including administrators) who views the post.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-6427
Source
Wordfence
Published
May 28, 2026 at 06:45
Affected Product
Vendor
a3rev
Product
a3 Lazy Load
Affected Versions
a3rev a3 Lazy Load 0
CWE Classification
References
- www.wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5246efbb-93cc-4951-900e-d13d08840f03
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/a3-lazy-load/trunk/classes/class-a3-lazy-load.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/a3-lazy-load/trunk/classes/class-a3-lazy-load.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/a3-lazy-load/trunk/classes/class-a3-lazy-load.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/a3-lazy-load/trunk/classes/class-a3-lazy-load.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/a3-lazy-load/trunk/classes/class-a3-lazy-load.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/a3-lazy-load/trunk/admin/views/form-data.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset