# CVE-2026-100196: LazyLoad Plugin <= 2.4.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via comments, leading to code execution when an admin approves the comment and users view the page.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mj58-4j67-93fr

## What is CVE-2026-100196?

CVE-2026-100196 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wp_media LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes, published on 10 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment_content (rendered inline into the page HTML)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. WordPress core's wp_kses_data allow-list does not strip the crafted payload on save because it uses only permitted tags and attributes; the event handler is concealed inside a broken attribute region and is only promoted to a real DOM attribute by the plugin's render-time str_replace transformation. Additionally, a site administrator must approve the crafted comment before the payload is served to other visitors.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-100196?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-100196?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-100196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-100196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-100196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-100196 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-100196 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wp_media LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes, published on 10 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-100196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wp_media LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-100196/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-100196/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100196
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100196
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-100196

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-100196/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.