Description
The Smush WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, only checking a broad upload-files capability, which allows users with the Author role and above to optimise and restore attachments owned by other users, altering their files on disk and consuming the stored backup.
Published:
2026-11-11
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Unknown | Smush | unaffected |
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History
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | The Smush WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, only checking a broad upload-files capability, which allows users with the Author role and above to optimise and restore attachments owned by other users, altering their files on disk and consuming the stored backup. | |
| Title | Smush < 4.3.6 - Author+ Optimization and Restoration of Others' Attachments via IDOR | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-11T11:40:47.480Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T19:56:49.961Z
Link: CVE-2026-118241
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-11T06:17:14.900
Modified: 2026-11-11T06:17:14.900
Link: CVE-2026-118241
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