CVE-2026-1246

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Publication date:

05/02/2026

Last modified:

05/02/2026

Description

The ShortPixel Image Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via path traversal in the &#39;loadFile&#39; parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.2 due to insufficient path validation and sanitization in the &#39;loadLogFile&#39; AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information such as database credentials and authentication keys.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

4.90

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

CVE-2026-1246

Description

Impact

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