W3SPEEDSTER <= 7.26 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution
CVE-2024-8512Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤7.26Update to 7.27 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.1
- CVSS
- 9.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
W3SPEEDSTER w3speedster-wp
- Affected≤ 7.26
- Patched in7.27
Update to 7.27 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 7.26. Version 7.27 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under W3SPEEDSTER.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 7.27, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch W3SPEEDSTER to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Lesor101.
The W3SPEEDSTER plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 7.26 via the 'script' parameter of the hookBeforeStartOptimization() function. This is due to the plugin passing user supplied input to eval(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in W3SPEEDSTER
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤7.33No patch available | CVE-2025-23765 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤7.25Update to 7.27 | CVE-2024-52392 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery via launch ≤7.19Update to 7.20 | CVE-2024-24708 |
- Medium6.1Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤7.33No patch available
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤7.25Update to 7.27
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery via launch
≤7.19Update to 7.20
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 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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