CVE-2024-8512 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a56eb63-ba5c-4452-8ab9-f5aeaf53adda?source=cve https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3speedster-wp/trunk/w3speedster.php#L740 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3175640/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.1