WordPress plugin · image-optimization
Is Image Optimizer safe?
Safe on 1.7.7 or newer.
The current version, 1.7.7, is past every affected range on record (3 of 3 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 3
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 1.7.7
- Last updated
- Sep 22, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Sep 30, 2026Image Optimizer: Does not enforce its intended capability check on several of its read REST routesCVE-2026-90953 · fixed in 1.7.7 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.3
- Jul 2, 2026Image Optimizer: Arbitrary file deletionCVE-2026-5821 · affects up to 1.7.4 · reported by WordfenceHigh 8.1
- Feb 19, 2026Image Optimizer by Elementor: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2026-25387 · affects up to 1.7.1 · reported by PatchstackMedium 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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