WP Compress Plugin up to 6.10.33 on WordPress CSS path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in WP Compress Plugin up to 6.10.33 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function of the component CSS Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-6699. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in WP Compress Plugin up to 6.10.33 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component CSS Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.10.33 via the css parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

The weakness was disclosed 01/03/2024. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-6699 since 12/11/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WP Compress Plugin

Version

• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7
• 6.10.8
• 6.10.9
• 6.10.10
• 6.10.11
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• 6.10.21
• 6.10.22
• 6.10.23
• 6.10.24
• 6.10.25
• 6.10.26
• 6.10.27
• 6.10.28
• 6.10.29
• 6.10.30
• 6.10.31
• 6.10.32
• 6.10.33

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