High severity · published Oct 6, 2017
CVE-2017-15079
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal
7.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SI
Smush Image Compression And Optimization · Wpmudev
through 2.7.5 · source: NVD
Affected product
SI
Smush Image Compression And Optimization
Wpmudev
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15079
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15079
Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/#developers
Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-transversal-bug/
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