Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-11519Image optimization service by Optimole <= 4.1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Media Offload
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time from optimole. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 via the /wp-json/optml/v1/move_image REST API endpoint due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to offload media that doesn't belong to them.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| optimole | Optimole – Optimize Images in Real Time | 0 – through 4.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9288ed60-b14b-4188-84d4-efe770093551?source=cve
- https://research.cleantalk.org/CVE-2025-11519
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3378645%40optimole-wp&new=3378645%40optimole-wp&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=