CVE-2026-7252 WP-Optimize <= 4.5.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'original-file' Post Meta

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 unscheduledoriginalfiledeletion function in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.2 Th...

CVE-2026-7252

CVE-2026-7252 concerns the WP-Optimize plugin for WordPress (versions up to 4.5.2). A vulnerability in the unscheduled_original_file_deletion function allows an authenticated attacker with author-level access to delete arbitrary files on the server (e.g., wp-config.php) due to insufficient file p...