CVE-2014-6243 (GCVE-0-2014-6243)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-10 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 12:10
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Summary
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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2014-10-08 00:00
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