VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-6243
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…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.06%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.06%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.06% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- ewww image optimizer plugin project/ewww image optimizer plugin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelogPatch
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelogPatch
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.