CVE-2023-6699

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 58.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-01-11 06:49Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 17:28Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-12-11

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-24Path Traversal: '../filedir'Variant
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b440fa60089b51115e552fd1e3e3de9e0ca69a85471925288158265761d1e433

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/defb87dd-bf5f-411f-b948-699337d05d44?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3009183%40wp-compress-image-optimizer%2Ftrunk&old=2994665%40wp-compress-image-optimizer%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=