Description
The Smush WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, only checking a broad upload-files capability, which allows users with the Author role and above to optimise and restore attachments owned by other users, altering their files on disk and consuming the stored backup.
Published:
2026-11-11
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History
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The Smush WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, only checking a broad upload-files capability, which allows users with the Author role and above to optimise and restore attachments owned by other users, altering their files on disk and consuming the stored backup. | |
| Title | Smush < 4.3.6 - Author+ Optimization and Restoration of Others' Attachments via IDOR | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-11T06:00:08.494Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T19:56:49.961Z
Link: CVE-2026-118241
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-11T06:17:14.900
Modified: 2026-11-11T06:17:14.900
Link: CVE-2026-118241
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