CVE-2022-2554

4.9 mediumEPSS 1.0%

Medium (4.9) in shortpixel enable media replace. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Enable Media Replace WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 does not ensure that renamed files are moved to the Upload folder, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to move them outside to the web root directory via a path traversal attack for example

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.9 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 61% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2022-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

shortpixel:enable_media_replace

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5872f4bf-f423-4ace-b8b6-d4cc4f6ca8d9
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5872f4bf-f423-4ace-b8b6-d4cc4f6ca8d9

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