FKIE_CVE-2014-6243

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-10-10 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:12
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelogPatch
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelogPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ewww_image_optimizer_plugin_project ewww_image_optimizer_plugin *
ewww_image_optimizer_plugin_project ewww_image_optimizer_plugin 2.0.0
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