CVE-2016-20010
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (10), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
EWWW Image Optimizer before 2.8.5 allows remote command execution because it relies on a protection mechanism involving boolval, which is unavailable before PHP 5.5.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.7% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-05-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ewww | image optimizer |
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ewww-image-optimizer/trunk/changelog.txt
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/06/vulnerability-ewww-image-optimizer/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ewww-image-optimizer/trunk/changelog.txt
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/06/vulnerability-ewww-image-optimizer/
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