Lazy Load

Lazy Load has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2016; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 7.4, and the most serious one scores 7.4 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Lazy Load has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Jouko Pynnöne. Lazy Load is installed on roughly 10,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 5.0.27.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSHigh

7.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 7.4

Lazy Load < 0.6.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2016-07-20 00:00	Lazy Load < 0.6.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Lazy Load < 0.6.1	`N/A`	7.4 High	Jouko Pynnöne	Yes

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Plugin Profile

Latestv0.6.1

Lazy Load

Author

Automattic

4.0(53)

80/100

Last Updated

2018-11-22 (8y ago)

Active Installs

10,000+

Downloads

518,848

Requires WP

3.2+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 5.0.27

Created

2011-11-24 (15y ago)

Lazy load images to improve page load times. Uses jQuery.sonar to only load an image when it’s visible in the viewport. This plugin is an amalgamation of code written by the WordPress.com VIP team at Automattic, the TechCrunch 2011 Redesign team, and Jake Goldman (10up LLC). Uses jQuery.sonar by Dave Artz (AOL).

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