CVE-2023-6699
The WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.10.33 via the css parameter.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.10.33 via the css parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.86% probability · 58th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-24, CWE-22
- Affected
- wpcompress/wp compress
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.9% since 26 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://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3009183%40wp-compress-image-optimizer%2Ftrunk&old=2994665%40wp-compress-image-optimizer%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/defb87dd-bf5f-411f-b948-699337d05d44?source=cveProduct, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3009183%40wp-compress-image-optimizer%2Ftrunk&old=2994665%40wp-compress-image-optimizer%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/defb87dd-bf5f-411f-b948-699337d05d44?source=cveProduct, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.