CVE-2014-6243

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: 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 products

Ewww Image Optimizer Plugin Project Ewww Image Optimizer Plugin: through 2.01; 2.0.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelog
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelog
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234

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