CVE-2024-4445 WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] <= 6.20.01 - Missing Authorization
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings and inject XSS in multisite environments due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4445?
CVE-2024-4445 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in aresit WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization, published on 14 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the several functions in versions up to, and including, 6.20.01. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to edit plugin settings, including storing cross-site scripting, in multisite environments.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4445?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpcompress Wp Compress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4445?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-4445 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4445 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in aresit WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
- CVE-2023-6699 WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] <= 6.10.33 - Unauthenticated Directory Traversal via css
- CVE-2025-2110 WP Compress <= 6.30.15 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization via Multiple Functions
- CVE-2024-1934 WP Compress – Image Optimizer <= 6.11.08 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated CDN Modification
- CVE-2025-47546 WordPress WP Compress plugin <= 6.30.30 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-47384 WordPress WP Compress plugin <= 6.20.13 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hw84-c76j-h87p.