WordPress plugin · autoptimize
Is Autoptimize safe?
Safe on 3.1.17 or newer.
The current version, 3.1.17, is past every affected range on record (12 of 12 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 12
- High or critical
- 3
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 3.1.17
- Last updated
- Oct 25, 2026
- Active installs
- 800,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 2, 2026Autoptimize: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-78471 · affects up to 3.1.15.1 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.4
- Oct 1, 2026Autoptimize: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-14995 · affects up to 3.1.15.1 · reported by WordfenceHigh 7.2
- Mar 20, 2026Autoptimize: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-2430 · affects up to 3.1.14 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Mar 20, 2026Autoptimize: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-2352 · affects up to 3.1.14 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Dec 3, 2025Autoptimize: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2025-13401 · affects up to 3.1.13 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- May 30, 2023Autoptimize: Does not sanitise and escape the settings imported from a previous exportCVE-2023-2113 · fixed in 3.1.7 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
- Jan 2, 2023Autoptimize: Uses an easily guessable path to store plugin's exported settings and logsCVE-2022-4057 · fixed in 3.1.0 · reported by WPScan1.5% oddsMedium 5.3
- Sep 16, 2022Autoptimize: Does not sanitise and escape some of its settingsCVE-2022-2635 · fixed in 3.1.1 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
- Jun 21, 2021Autoptimize: Does not check for malicious files suchCVE-2021-24378 · fixed in 2.7.8 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
- Jun 21, 2021Autoptimize: Attempts to remove potential malicious files from the extracted archive uploaded via the 'Import Settings' featureCVE-2021-24377 · fixed in 2.7.8 · reported by WPScan1.2% oddsHigh 8.1
- Jun 21, 2021Autoptimize: Attempts to delete malicious files (suchCVE-2021-24376 · fixed in 2.7.8 · reported by WPScan3.7% oddsCritical 9.8
- May 24, 2021Autoptimize: Was missing proper escaping and sanitisation in some of its settingsCVE-2021-24332 · fixed in 2.8.4 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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