Description

WordPress Plugin EWWW Image Optimizer is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to prevent the browsing session for a user, thus denying service to legitimate users. WordPress Plugin EWWW Image Optimizer version 6.0.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 6.0.2 or latest

References

https://gist.github.com/mmmdzz/03df5177afd04b32ac190eb7907f3834

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ewww-image-optimizer/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2020-29384 CWE-400 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Denial Of Service