ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.8.2 - Missing Authorization in activate_ai_handler and deactivate_ai_handler

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-31230
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 2, 2024
Last Updated April 6, 2024
Researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Description

The ShortPixel Adaptive Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate_ai_handler and deactivate_ai_handler functions in versions up to, and including, 3.8.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate or deactivate the AI handler functionality.

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Vulnerability Details for ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shortpixel-adaptive-images (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.8.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.8.2
Patched Version
  • 3.8.3

Recent vulnerabilities in ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization <= 3.11.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-57342 6.4 dodoh4t June 29, 2026
2 ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization <= 3.11.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion CVE-2026-56066 5.3 Ananda Dhakal June 25, 2026
3 ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization <= 3.10.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via API URL CVE-2025-6626 4.4 Jonas Benjamin Friedli August 1, 2025
4 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.10.0 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-30853 4.3 Peter Thaleikis April 1, 2025
5 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.8.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery CVE-2024-35172 5.5 Dhabaleshwar Das May 10, 2024
6 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.8.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2024-4689 4.3 Dhabaleshwar Das May 9, 2024
7 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via shortpixel_ai_handle_page_action CVE-2023-32512 5.4 konagash May 8, 2023
8 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.6.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-0334 6.1 dc11 February 2, 2023
9 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.3.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Settings Update CVE-2022-29417 4.3 Tien Nguyen Ahn April 25, 2022

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