CVE-2023-40209

Highcompress Image Compressor <= 5.0.0 - Missing Authorization via multiple AJAX actions

mediumMissing Authorization
6.5
CVSS Score
6.5
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
6.0.0
Patched in
165d
Time to patch

Description

The Highcompress Image Compressor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the 'verify_highcompress_process_auto', 'verify_highcompress_process_images', and 'verify_highcompress_api_key' AJAX functions in versions up to, and including, 5.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to compress images and verify or modify the plugin's API key.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.0.0
PublishedAugust 11, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginhigh-compress

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