VULNERABILITY

WordPress Plugin: wp-smushit: CVE-2025-22288: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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WordPress Plugin: wp-smushit: CVE-2025-22288: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/29/2025
Created
05/16/2025
Added
05/15/2025
Modified
05/15/2025

Description

The Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress and Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP and AVIF | Image CDN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.17.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to perform actions on files outside of the originally intended directory.

Solution(s)

  • wp-smushit-plugin-cve-2025-22288

References

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