WordPress plugin · shortpixel-image-optimiser
Is ShortPixel Image Optimizer safe?
Safe on 6.6.1 or newer.
The current version, 6.6.1, is past every affected range on record (9 of 9 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 9
- High or critical
- 3
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 6.6.1
- Last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Active installs
- 300,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 8, 2026ShortPixel Image Optimizer: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2026-103070 · affects up to 6.5.6 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- Sep 30, 2026ShortPixel Image Optimizer: Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVE-2026-97246 · affects up to 6.5.5 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.9
- Sep 18, 2026ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF: PHP Object InjectionCVE-2026-17086 · affects up to 6.5.5 · reported by Wordfence1.3% oddsHigh 8.8
- Jun 15, 2026Author PHP Object Injection in ShortPixel Image Optimizer <= 6.4.3 versions.CVE-2026-39471 · affects up to 6.4.3 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.2
- Mar 26, 2026ShortPixel Image Optimizer: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-4335 · affects up to 6.4.3 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.4
- Feb 5, 2026ShortPixel Image Optimizer: Arbitrary File ReadCVE-2026-1246 · affects up to 6.4.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.9
- Oct 18, 2025ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF: Unauthorized modification of dataCVE-2025-11378 · affects up to 6.3.4 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.4
- Nov 1, 2024ShortPixel Image Optimizer: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2024-48044 · affects up to 5.6.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
- Oct 17, 2024ShortPixel Image Optimizer: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2024-48043 · affects up to 5.6.3 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.6
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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