Description
The EWWW Image Optimizer WordPress plugin before 8.8.0 does not confine a WebP-derivative file migration routine to the current site's own uploads directory, letting an attacker with Administrator-level access rename or delete existing WebP-derivative image files outside that scope, including, on a multisite network, files belonging to a different site they have no access to.
Published: 2026-09-30
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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The EWWW Image Optimizer WordPress plugin before 8.8.0 does not confine a WebP-derivative file migration routine to the current site's own uploads directory, letting an attacker with Administrator-level access rename or delete existing WebP-derivative image files outside that scope, including, on a multisite network, files belonging to a different site they have no access to.
Title EWWW Image Optimizer < 8.8.0 - Admin+ WebP File Rename and Deletion via Unrestricted Path in WebP Migration Handler
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T06:00:24.712Z

Reserved: 2026-09-14T17:15:38.777Z

Link: CVE-2026-91072

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-30T06:17:09.413

Modified: 2026-09-30T06:17:09.413

Link: CVE-2026-91072

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