Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Information

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-smushit (view on wordpress.org)
Software Status Active
Software Author wpmudev
Software Website wpmudev.com
Software Downloads 68,527,356
Software Active Installs 1,000,000
Software Record Last Updated August 16, 2026

6 Vulnerabilities

Title Status CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
Smush Image Compression and Optimization <= 3.17.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal Patched CVE-2025-22288 2.7 SteveSec March 29, 2025
Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images <= 3.16.4 - Missing Authorization to Resmush List Deletion Patched CVE-2023-3352 4.3 Truoc Phan, An Đặng June 20, 2024
Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images <= 3.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting Patched CVE-2022-1009 4.4 Taurus Omar May 3, 2022
Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images <= 3.0.0 - Authenticated PHAR Deserialization Patched 8.8 December 10, 2018
Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images <= 2.9.1 - Cross-Site Scripting Patched 9.8 December 10, 2018
Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images <= 2.7.5 - Directory Traversal Patched CVE-2017-15079 5.3 Ricardo Sanchez September 21, 2017

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