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About 15,000 feet. But, they rarely operated that high.
Above 10-12,000 feet oxygen content of the thin air is so much less than what humans are accustomed to that flying above 10,000 feet subjects pilots to the risk of passing out from lack of oxygen. This condition comes on pilots without their being aware of it, a feeling of great drowsiness, and obviously can lead to crashing before the pilot recovers, while screaming earthward back into thicker air.
Despite this, some WWI pilots did fly at altitudes up to 20,000 feet. The temperatures were well below zero over Europe at that altitude, and these were open cockpit aircraft, so the pilot was also subjected to the wind chill of his speed of 120-140 mph. Forstbite was common.
I can only think of one type of WWI aircraft which had an enclosed cockpit, and it was a bomber. But none of them carried an oxygen system or had pressurized cabins.
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