Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in W3SPEEDSTER Plugin

CVE-2024-8512

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information

Vendor: W3SPEEDSTER
Vendor: CVE Published:; 30 October 2024

Summary

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 V3.1

Score:

9.1

Severity:

CRITICAL

Confidentiality:

High

Integrity:

High

Availability:

High

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

High

User Interaction:

None

Scope:

Changed

Timeline

Vulnerability published.
Oct 30, 2024

Collectors

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