# CVE-2026-118241: Smush < 4.3.6 - Author+ Optimization and Restoration of Others' Attachments via IDOR

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-11. Updated: 2026-11-11.

The Smush  WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not verify that a user is authorised to act on the targeted media attachment, only checking a broad upload-files capability, which allows users with the Author role and above to optimise and restore attachments owned by other users, altering their files on disk and consuming the stored backup.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / Smush: ≥ 0; < 4.3.6 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-639

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/150305f1-4cfc-46d2-9b90-b2f84e2e1d7e/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/150305f1-4cfc-46d2-9b90-b2f84e2e1d7e/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118241; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

Revision: 602bd85c20319c81c417f5e6b2e1a424e14eb32c77596c43587db37fe32011b8

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-118241

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