reSmush.it <= 0.4.3 - Missing Authorization

7.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-2450
CVSS 7.3 (High)
Publicly Published August 11, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Raad Haddad - Cloudyrion GmbH

Description

The reSmush.it plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 0.4.3 . This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download the logs of the plugin which can contain sensitive information.

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Vulnerability Details for reSmush.it : The original free image compressor and optimizer plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug resmushit-image-optimizer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 0.4.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 0.4.3
Patched Version
  • 0.4.4

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