WordPress EWWW Image Optimizer Plugin <= 7.2.0 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• ewww image optimizerbefore 7.2.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Exactly WWW EWWW Image Optimizer

  • n/a and later · up to and including 7.2.0affectedfixed in 7.2.1

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2016-20010EWWW Image Optimizer before 2.8.5 allows remote command execution because it relies on a protection mechanism involving boolval, which is un
  41Plan
• CVE-2020-36750EWWW Image Optimizer <= 5.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
  17Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.