What is GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4?

GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4 cover?

GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-42756. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4?

GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4CriticalCVSS 9.9

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

May 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42756
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/quickwebp/vulnerability/wordpress-quickwebp-compress-optimize-images-convert-webp-seo-friendly-plugin-3-2-7-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7hfx-87f9-p7x4