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CVE-2024-8512
W3SPEEDSTER <= 7.26 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution
Critical9.1EPSS 0.98%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.98% · top 38% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 7.26
References (3)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a56eb63-ba5c-4452-8ab9-f5aeaf53adda?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3speedster-wp/trunk/w3speedster.php#L740 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3175640/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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