How severe is CVE-2026-7252?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Davidanderson Wp-optimize – Cache, Compress Images, Minify & Clean Database To Boost Page Speed Performance

CVE-2026-7252

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_del…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.002 (48.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Davidanderson Wp-optimize – Cache, Compress Images, Minify & Clean Database To Boost Page Speed Performance — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-7252?: CVE-2026-7252 is a high-severity vulnerability in Davidanderson Wp-optimize – Cache, Compress Images, Minify & Clean Database To Boost Page Speed Performance, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-7252?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.