Crush.pics Image Optimizer <= 1.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Crush.pics Image Optimizer - Image Compression and Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on multiple functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify plugin settings including disabling auto-compression and changing image quality settings.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14482
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rf35-m962-38xm
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e71bf15-aee0-4efc-a1c6-faad9f6e4f38?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crush-pics/trunk/inc/class-ajax.php#L66
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crush-pics/trunk/inc/class-ajax.php#L193
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crush-pics/trunk/inc/class-ajax.php#L30
Sources
- CVE-2025-14482 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14482 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rf35-m962-38xm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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