ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization <= 3.11.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2026-57342
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 29, 2026
Last Updated July 7, 2026
Researcher dodoh4t

Description

The ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.11.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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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 3.11.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.11.3
Patched Version
  • 3.11.4

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 <= 3.11.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion CVE-2026-56066 5.3 Ananda Dhakal June 25, 2026
2 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
3 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.10.0 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-30853 4.3 Peter Thaleikis April 1, 2025
4 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.8.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery CVE-2024-35172 5.5 Dhabaleshwar Das May 10, 2024
5 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.8.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2024-4689 4.3 Dhabaleshwar Das May 9, 2024
6 ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.8.2 - Missing Authorization in activate_ai_handler and deactivate_ai_handler CVE-2024-31230 5.3 Kévin Mosbahi (Mika) April 2, 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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