CVE-2025-30853 WordPress ShortPixel Adaptive Images plugin <= 3.10.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the ShortPixel Adaptive Images WordPress plugin due to missing authorization 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-2025-30853?
CVE-2025-30853 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ShortPixel Adaptive Images, published on 1 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in ShortPixel ShortPixel Adaptive Images shortpixel-adaptive-images allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ShortPixel Adaptive Images: from n/a through <= 3.10.0.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30853?
How do I fix CVE-2025-30853?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30853 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-2025-30853 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxj6-7gh4-px89.