Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-24378 - Unspecified vulnerability in Autoptimize
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
NONE Summary
The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 2.7.8 does not check for malicious files such as .html in the archive uploaded via the 'Import Settings' feature. As a result, it is possible for a high privilege user to upload a malicious file containing JavaScript code inside an archive which will execute when a victim visits index.html inside the plugin directory.