CVE-2024-5810
WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 <= 1.0.1 - Improper Authorization due to use of Hardcoded Credentials
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Jul 9, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 10, 2024
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100wp2speed |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fe97ac1-cab9-4b6f-bddd-bdcdc9faee40?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L372
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L152
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L165
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