Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images <= 3.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

4.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1009
CVSS 4.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 3, 2022
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Taurus Omar

Description

The Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'name' and 'description' parameters in versions up to, and including, 3.9.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This requires an attacker to trick an administrator into uploading a malicious configuration file in order to be successful.

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Vulnerability Details for Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress & Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP | Image CDN

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-smushit (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.9.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.9.8
Patched Version
  • 3.9.9

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