CVE-2023-40209
WordPress Highcompress Image Compressor plugin <= 6.0.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Himalaya Saxena Highcompress Image Compressor.This issue affects Highcompress Image Compressor: from n/a through 6.0.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Highcompress Image Compressor plugin <= 6.0.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Himalaya Saxena Highcompress Image Compressor.This issue affects Highcompress Image Compressor: from n/a through 6.0.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-40209- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-44806
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Himalaya Saxena Highcompress Image Compressor.This issue affects Highcompress Image Compressor: from n/a through 6.0.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-44806- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fh66-vp6h-x77p
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Himalaya Saxena Highcompress Image Compressor.This issue...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Himalaya Saxena Highcompress Image Compressor.This issue affects Highcompress Image Compressor: from n/a through 6.0.0.
- Record
GHSA-fh66-vp6h-x77p- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Himalaya Saxena Highcompress Image Compressor.This issue affects Highcompress Image Compressor: from n/a through 6.0.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-40209- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-40209 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Himalaya Saxena Highcompress Image Compressor, published June 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/high-compress/wordpress-highcompress-image-compressor-plugin-4-0-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40209
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fh66-vp6h-x77p