CVE-2022-2450 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The reSmush.it : the only free Image Optimizer & compress plugin WordPress plugin before 0.4.4 lacks authorization in various AJAX actions, allowing any logged-in users, such as subscribers to call them.

Published: 2022-11-14

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

reSmush.it : the only free Image Optimizer & compress plugin

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.4.4`	affected	< 0.4.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:resmush.it:resmush.it_image_optimizer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-34711	The reSmush.it : the only free Image Optimizer & compress plugin WordPress plugin before 0.4.4 lacks authorization in various AJAX actions, allowing any logged-in users, such as subscribers to call them.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00162.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b3ff124-f973-4584-a7d7-26cc404bfe2b

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Resmush.it Resmush.it Image Optimizer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T19:39:40.873Z

Reserved: 2022-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2450

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:39:07.624Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-14T15:15:19.260

Modified: 2025-04-30T20:15:16.803

Link: CVE-2022-2450

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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