reSmush.it <= 0.4.3 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-2450
CVSS High (7.3)
Publicly Published August 11, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Raad Haddad
Description

The reSmush.it plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 0.4.3 . This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download the logs of the plugin which can contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug resmushit-image-optimizer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.4.3
Patched Version
  • 0.4.4
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