CVE-2025-11519 Missing authorization in Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time
Authenticated attackers with Author access can offload media belonging to other users due to missing validation in the Optimole WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-11519?
CVE-2025-11519 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time, published on 18 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 via the /wp-json/optml/v1/move_image REST API endpoint due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to offload media that doesn't belong to them.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11519?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11519?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11519 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-2025-11519 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11519 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7frf-r8q5-rcww.