CVE-2014-6243: Ewww Image Optimizer Plugin Project Ewww Image Optimizer Plugin

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the EWWW Image Optimizer plugin before 2.0.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in the ewww-image-optimizer.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in a pngout error message.

Affected products

• Ewww Image Optimizer Plugin Project Ewww Image Optimizer Plugin: up to and including 2.01; version 2.0.0 only

Published 2014-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.