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JCH Optimize 4.2.1 — 5.0.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal

CVE-2025-15693Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: 4.2.1 – 5.0.0Update to 5.0.1 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium4.9
CVSS
4.9
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:H Privileges required
High
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:N Integrity
None
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

JCH Optimize jch-optimize

  1. Affected4.2.1 – 5.0.0
  2. Patched in5.0.1

Update to 5.0.1 or newer.

You are affected if you run 4.2.1 – 5.0.0. Version 5.0.1 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under JCH Optimize.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 5.0.1, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch JCH Optimize to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Krugov Artyom.

The JCH Optimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions 4.2.1 through 5.0.0. This is due to insufficient validation of a user supplied path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to access files and directories outside of the intended directory.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in JCH Optimize

All 6
More vulnerabilities in JCH Optimize
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<6.0.1Update to 6.0.1
CVE-2026-84934
Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal
≤4.2.0Update to 4.2.1
CVE-2024-34808
Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤4.0.0Update to 4.0.1
CVE-2024-30481
Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Modification
<4.0.1Update to 4.0.1
—
Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings
≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3
CVE-2023-25491

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 4.9

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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