WordPress plugin · ewww-image-optimizer
Is EWWW Image Optimizer safe?
Safe on 8.9.0 or newer.
The current version, 8.9.0, is past every affected range on record (12 of 12 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 12
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 8.9.0
- Last updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 3, 2026EWWW Image Optimizer: Reflected Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-92826 · affects up to 8.7.7 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.1
- Sep 30, 2026Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in EWWW Image Optimizer <= 8.7.7 versions.CVE-2026-97067 · affects up to 8.7.7 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- Sep 30, 2026EWWW Image Optimizer: Does not confine a WebP-derivative file migration routine to the current site's own uploads directoryCVE-2026-91072 · fixed in 8.8.0 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.4
- Sep 30, 2026EWWW Image Optimizer: Does not prevent authenticated users with author-level permissions from storing a serialized value in a post meta field that is deserializedCVE-2026-91051 · fixed in 8.8.0 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.6
- Sep 17, 2026EWWW Image Optimizer: Does not properly escape image attribute valuesCVE-2026-91011 · fixed in 8.7.7 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Sep 3, 2026Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in EWWW Image Optimizer <= 8.7.6 versions.CVE-2026-84773 · affects up to 8.7.6 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.2
- Aug 19, 2026EWWW Image Optimizer: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-15446 · affects up to 8.7.3 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Apr 10, 2024EWWW Image Optimizer: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2024-31924 · affects up to 7.2.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Nov 30, 2023EWWW Image Optimizer: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorCVE-2023-40600 · affects up to 7.2.0 · reported by Patchstack2.0% oddsMedium 5.3
- Jul 12, 2023EWWW Image Optimizer: Cross-Site Request ForgeryCVE-2020-36750 · affects up to 5.8.1 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
- May 5, 2021EWWW Image Optimizer before 2.8.5 allows remote command execution because it relies on a protection mechanism involving boolval, which is unavailable before PHPCVE-2016-20010 · fixed in 2.8.5 · reported by MITRE3.7% oddsCritical 10
- Oct 10, 2014Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the EWWW Image Optimizer plugin before 2.0.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script orCVE-2014-6243 · fixed in 2.0.2 · reported by MITRE2.1% oddsMedium 4.3
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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