CVE-2025-15693JCH Optimize 4.2.1 - 5.0.0 - Admin+ Path Traversal
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The JCH Optimize WordPress plugin before 5.0.1 does not properly restrict a directory path provided to one of its administrative image-browsing features to within the site, allowing high-privilege users, administrators on single-site and sub-site administrators on multisite, to enumerate directories and file names outside the web root.
- CVSS
- 2.7 LOW (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown JCH Optimize unknown:jch_optimize (from the name) | from 4.2.1 before 5.0.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/73e664a8-9075-4fe6-9af4-b6f5d2ccfe3c/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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