WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-5810 Deferred

WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100: A security weakness

WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100
Plugin slug
wp2speed
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jul 09, 2024
Weakness
CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

This CVE was published Jul 09, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the use of hardcoded credentials to authenticate all the incoming API requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite CSS, update the trial settings, purge the cache, and find attachments.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources