Critical severity9.9NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2026

CVE-2026-42756

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Ludwig You QuickWebP – Compress / Optimize Images & Convert WebP | SEO Friendly quickwebp allows Path Traversal.This issue affects QuickWebP – Compress / Optimize Images & Convert WebP | SEO Friendly: from n/a through <= 3.2.7.

Affected products

WordPress/Quickwebpinferred2 versions
<=3.2.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=3.2.7
- (no CPE)range: <=3.2.7
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/quickwebp

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/quickwebp/vulnerability/wordpress-quickwebp-compress-optimize-images-convert-webp-seo-friendly-plugin-3-2-7-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerabilitynvd

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