ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.8.3 — Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery
CVE-2024-35172Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.8.3Update to 3.8.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.5
- CVSS
- 5.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-918 SSRF
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization shortpixel-adaptive-images
- Affected≤ 3.8.3
- Patched in3.8.4
Update to 3.8.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.8.3. Version 3.8.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.8.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dhabaleshwar Das.
The ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3 via the is_our_cdn() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.5
Record last updated
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