{"id":"CVE-2024-48044","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-48044","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:55:18.174Z","title":"Missing Authorization vulnerability in ShortPixel ShortPixel Image Optimizer shortpixel-image-optimiser allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ShortPixel Image Optimizer: from n/a through <= 5.6.3.","description":"Missing Authorization vulnerability in ShortPixel ShortPixel Image Optimizer shortpixel-image-optimiser allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ShortPixel Image Optimizer: from n/a through <= 5.6.3.","published":"2024-11-01T15:15:56.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:58:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"audit@patchstack.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["shortpixel/image optimizer"],"epss":{"score":0.00391,"percentile":0.32972,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/shortpixel-image-optimiser/vulnerability/wordpress-shortpixel-image-optimizer-plugin-5-6-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve","source":"audit@patchstack.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48044","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."}