CVE-2016-20010 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting EWWW Image Optimizer versions prior to 2.8.5. The flaw stems from a protection mechanism relying on 'boolval' which is unavailable in PHP versions older than 5.5. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ewww:image_optimizer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.