CVE-2025-15693: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in JCH Optimize
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.
CVE-2025-15693: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in JCH Optimize
Description
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.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-02T16:09:06.544Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9bb8b5acd9273b497236e0
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 06:37:41 UTC
Last updated: 09/06/2026, 03:13:55 UTC
Views: 15
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