WordPress plugin · wp-smushit
Is Smush safe?
Safe on 4.3.5 or newer.
The current version, 4.3.5, is past every affected range on record (6 of 7 records list one; 1 doesn’t, so check it below). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 7
- High or critical
- 3
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 4.3.5
- Last updated
- Oct 20, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 16, 2026Smush: Does not restrict changes to a network-wide access setting to network administratorsCVE-2026-110039 · fixed in 4.3.4 · reported by WPScanLow 2.7
- Aug 28, 2026Unauthenticated Denial of Service Attack in Smush Image Compression and Optimization <= 4.2.0 versions.CVE-2026-81285 · affects up to 4.2.0 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.5
- Aug 27, 2026Smush: Does not restrict a network-wide setting to network administratorsCVE-2026-19223 · fixed in 4.3.2 · reported by WPScanHigh 7.2
- Nov 6, 2025Smush Image Compression and Optimization: Path Traversal: '.../...//'CVE-2025-22288 · affects up to 3.17.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.1
- Jun 20, 2024Smush: Unauthorized deletion of the resmush listCVE-2023-3352 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
- May 30, 2022Smush: Does not sanitise and escape a configuration parameter before outputting it back in an admin pageCVE-2022-1009 · fixed in 3.9.9 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
- Oct 6, 2017The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.CVE-2017-15079 · fixed in 2.7.6 · reported by MITRE2.5% oddsHigh 7.5
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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