CVE-2025-8778
NitroPack <= 1.18.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Settings Update via nitropack_set_compression_ajax Function
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Sep 10, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 8, 2025
Description
The NitroPack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the nitropack_set_compression_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the nitropack-enableCompression option and effectively change plugin compression settings.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
NitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimizationnitropack |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/750f35ce-0f1c-4a12-a7a0-2c217de277fd?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nitropack/trunk/functions.php#L2907
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/nitropack/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3354452%40nitropack&new=3354452%40nitropack&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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