{"id":"CVE-2022-29417","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-29417","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:09.454Z","title":"Plugin Settings Update vulnerability in ShortPixel's ShortPixel Adaptive Images plugin <= 3.3.1 at WordPress allows an attacker with a low user role like a subscriber or higher to change the plugin settings.","description":"Plugin Settings Update vulnerability in ShortPixel's ShortPixel Adaptive Images plugin <= 3.3.1 at WordPress allows an attacker with a low user role like a subscriber or higher to change the plugin settings.","published":"2022-04-25T17:15:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:40:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"audit@patchstack.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["shortpixel/shortpixel adaptive images"],"epss":{"score":0.00631,"percentile":0.49939,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/shortpixel-adaptive-images/wordpress-shortpixel-adaptive-images-plugin-3-3-1-subscriber-plugin-settings-update-vulnerability","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"audit@patchstack.com"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-adaptive-images/#developers","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"audit@patchstack.com"},{"url":"https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/shortpixel-adaptive-images/wordpress-shortpixel-adaptive-images-plugin-3-3-1-subscriber-plugin-settings-update-vulnerability","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-adaptive-images/#developers","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29417","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}