Images to WebP: Cross-site request forgery
Images to WebP is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Images to WebP
- Plugin slug
images-to-webp- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 23, 2021
This CVE was published Nov 23, 2021 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Images to WebP to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Images to WebP WordPress plugin before 1.9 does not have CSRF checks in place when performing some administrative actions, which could result in modification of plugin settings, Denial-of-Service, as well as arbitrary image conversion
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H