CVE-2017-15079

HIGH 7.5CVE-2017-15079 · Published 06/10/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-15079 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting smush image compression and optimization (wpmudev).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 84.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
smush image compression and optimization wpmudev	`≤ 2.7.5`	No fix yet

The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.

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