ShortPixel Image Optimizer <= 5.6.3 — Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
CVE-2024-48043Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.6.3Update to 5.6.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.9
- CVSS
- 4.9CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-89 SQL Injection
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF shortpixel-image-optimiser
- Affected≤ 5.6.3
- Patched in5.6.4
Update to 5.6.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.6.3. Version 5.6.4 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 Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 5.6.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The ShortPixel Image Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 5.6.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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 4.9
Record last updated
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