CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-6243
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-10-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the EWWW Image Optimizer plugin before 2.0.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in the ewww-image-optimizer.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in a pngout error message.
Affected configurations
• ewww image optimizer plugin project ewww image optimizer plugin (<= 2.01)
• ewww image optimizer plugin project ewww image optimizer plugin 2.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190 www.securityfocus.com
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelog Patch
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234 Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190 www.securityfocus.com
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelog Patch
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234 Exploit