Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published May 30, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-1009
CVE-2022-1009
Description
The Smush WordPress plugin before 3.9.9 does not sanitise and escape a configuration parameter before outputting it back in an admin page when uploading a malicious preset configuration, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. For the attack to be successful, an attacker would need an admin to upload a malicious configuration file
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Affected products
2- WordPress/Smush plugindescription
Patches
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References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb5af08f-bb19-46a1-a7ac-8381f428c11envdExploitThird Party Advisory
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