Description

WordPress Plugin Smush Image Compression and Optimization is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently verify user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks. WordPress Plugin Smush Image Compression and Optimization version 2.7.5 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.7.6 or latest

References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144494/WordPress-Smush-Image-2.7.4.1-Directory-Traversal.html

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-transversal-bug/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-smushit/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-15079 CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Directory Traversal