# Autoptimize

> Autoptimize speeds up your website by optimizing JS, CSS, images (incl. lazy-load), HTML and Google Fonts, asyncing JS, removing emoji cruft and more.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-06 04:20 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `autoptimize`
- Author: Optimizing Matters
- Version: 3.1.17
- Active installs: 800,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-25 (12 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.3, PHP 7.4
- Tags: core web vitals, images, Optimize, pagespeed, performance
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 12 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Phones home ↔ Private, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Heavy ↔ Light, Flaky ↔ Reliable.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-02 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author Name (up to 3.1.15.1). CVE-2026-78471, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b14f574d-1490-423e-9ef3-ce8f844cb8f0?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-01 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Path (up to 3.1.15.1). CVE-2026-14995, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1704cffa-75ed-415e-864f-de7ff8eea8dc?source=api-prod
- 2026-05-18 HIGH: Cross-Site Scripting (before 3.1.15). CVE-2026-3220, https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3ceabf11-23cd-4c38-ba14-014348b0ff2d/
- 2026-04-27 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 3.1.15). WF-44fde2c8-8012-4ede-8455-08b8e744ba36, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/44fde2c8-8012-4ede-8455-08b8e744ba36?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-20 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'ao_post_preload' Meta Value (up to 3.1.14). CVE-2026-2352, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f3f9891-710e-49e4-b388-aa6d99c01840?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-20 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Lazy-loaded Image Attributes (up to 3.1.14). CVE-2026-2430, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddc5c4d7-09dc-45bf-a3c7-5a0757e3110a?source=api-prod
- 2025-12-03 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.1.13). CVE-2025-13401, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ed5bdb3-c4cd-4982-bc47-feeff527e284?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-25 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Critical CSS Rules (up to 3.1.6). CVE-2023-2113, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d16a3da0-9539-4555-8dfc-65cb4f4d7b4d?source=api-prod
- 2022-12-05 MEDIUM: Sensitive Information Disclosure (up to 3.0.4). CVE-2022-4057, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f9d237c-110e-4e71-9d2c-db99358468e6?source=api-prod
- 2022-07-19 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Critical CSS Settings (up to 3.1.0). CVE-2022-2635, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f787cad3-cf99-413a-952f-082fae973bef?source=api-prod
- 2021-05-07 MEDIUM: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 2.8.4). CVE-2021-24332, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be24d47e-4880-4d7f-9be2-cf8eb1afe888?source=api-prod
- 2020-10-09 CRITICAL: Arbitrary File Upload (and Remote Code Execution) via Import Settings (before 2.7.8). CVE-2021-24376, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/640f2616-f3a5-4be6-901e-848d2d77506e?source=api-prod
- 2020-10-09 MEDIUM: Unsafe File Upload to Cross-Site Scripting (before 2.7.8). CVE-2021-24378, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c95210ba-65f6-4bf8-8986-f537f1854d02?source=api-prod
- 2020-10-09 HIGH: Race Condition leading to Remote Code Execution (before 2.7.8). CVE-2021-24377, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef9a6ef5-368e-40df-9a17-2779e453dfcc?source=api-prod
- 2020-08-24 HIGH: Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload (up to 2.7.6). CVE-2020-24948, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09152aa7-5c10-416a-aa77-a0cde1b6442e?source=api-prod
- 2017-06-19 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (up to 2.1.0). WF-0d4e3560-2208-4122-812e-0c506fe45126, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0d4e3560-2208-4122-812e-0c506fe45126?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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