CVE-2023-40600

HIGH 7.5CVE-2023-40600 · Published 30/11/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-40600 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting image optimizer (ewww).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 81.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 7.2.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
image optimizer ewww	`< 7.2.1`	`7.2.1`

Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Exactly WWW EWWW Image Optimizer. It works only when debug.log is turned on.This issue affects EWWW Image Optimizer: from n/a through 7.2.0.

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ewww-image-optimizer/wordpress-ewww-image-optimizer-plugin-7-2-0-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability · Third Party Advisory

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