# CVE-2022-1009: Smush < 3.9.9 - Admin+ Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in an admin's browser by tricking them into uploading a malicious configuration file in the Smush plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 May 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j96r-f3m8-gwxp

## What is CVE-2022-1009?

CVE-2022-1009 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images, published on 30 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Smush WordPress plugin before 3.9.9 does not sanitise and escape a configuration parameter before outputting it back in an admin page when uploading a malicious preset configuration, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. For the attack to be successful, an attacker would need an admin to upload a malicious configuration file

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1009?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmudev Smush Image Compression and Optimization.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1009?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images

- [CVE-2017-15079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15079/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1009 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1009 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images, published on 30 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1009/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1009/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1009
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1009
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1009

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1009/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.