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WP Meteor Page Speed Optimization Topping <= 3.1.4 -Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal

2b335807-f4d1-43b3-9e1b-2215eb00a3f8Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤3.1.4Update to 3.1.5 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium4.3
CVSS
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon wp-meteor

  1. Affected≤ 3.1.4
  2. Patched in3.1.5

Update to 3.1.5 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.1.4. Version 3.1.5 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 3.1.5, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.

The WP Meteor Page Speed Optimization Topping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized admin notice dismissal due to a missing capability check on the processAjaxNoticeDismiss function in versions up to, and including, 3.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber level access to dismiss administrative notices.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon

All 5
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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author Name
≤3.4.18Update to 3.4.19
CVE-2026-96572
Medium6.1Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment
≤3.4.16Update to 3.4.17
CVE-2026-2902
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure
≤3.4.3Update to 3.4.4
CVE-2024-6553
Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery via processAjaxNoticeDismiss
≤3.1.4Update to 3.1.5
CVE-2023-26543

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 4.3

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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