VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15079
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.51% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- wpmudev/smush image compression and optimization
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/#developersIssue Tracking, Product, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-transversal-bug/Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/#developersIssue Tracking, Product, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-transversal-bug/Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.