WF-53b5a052-6e84-4eb5-a7f4-4e32f757f4d6-wp-smushit

Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images <= 2.9.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

criticalImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

3.0.0

Patched in

1870d

Time to patch

Description

The Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting leading in versions up to, and including, 2.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject malicious web scripts into the application.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.9.1

PublishedDecember 10, 2018

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-smushit

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53b5a052-6e84-4eb5-a7f4-4e32f757f4d6?source=api-prod

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