CVE-2025-14482 Crush.pics Image Optimizer <= 1.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify Crush.pics plugin settings due to missing capability checks, allowing unauthorized configuration changes.
- 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-2025-14482?
CVE-2025-14482 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in crushpics Crush.pics Image Optimizer – Image Compression and Optimization, published on 14 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Crush.pics Image Optimizer - Image Compression and Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on multiple functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify plugin settings including disabling auto-compression and changing image quality settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14482?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14482?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14482 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-2025-14482 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14482 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rf35-m962-38xm.