CVE-2026-7252

Summary

The WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the unscheduled_original_file_deletion function in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.2 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). This is possible because 'original-file' is a public (non-protected) meta key — it does not begin with an underscore — allowing Authors to freely create or modify it on their own attachment posts via the standard Edit Media form or the REST API.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
davidandersonWP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance0 <= 4.5.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

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