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CVE-2023-40600

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40600 is a sensitive information exposure vulnerability affecting Exactly WWW EWWW Image Optimizer versions up to 7.2.0, specifically when debug.log is enabled. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely access sensitive information with low complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for unauthenticated information disclosure, and the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ewww:image_optimizer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2023-40600 · Feb 17, 2026
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patchstack.com / database/vulnerability/ewww-image-optimizer/wordpress-ewww-image-optimizer-plugin-7-2-0-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability
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