CVE-2017-15079
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory...
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
- Record
CVE-2017-15079- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
- Record
CVE-2017-15079- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6548 No score
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
- Record
EUVD-2017-6548- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gh87-66c7-84h3
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory...
The Smush Image Compression and Optimization plugin before 2.7.6 for WordPress allows directory traversal.
- Record
GHSA-gh87-66c7-84h3- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-15079 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Wpmudev Smush Image Compression And Optimization, published October 6, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.51%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.