CVE Alert: CVE-2024-8512
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2024-8512
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.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
10/30/2024, 11:15:15 AM
💀 CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3speedster-wp/trunk/w3speedster.php#L740
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3175640/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a56eb63-ba5c-4452-8ab9-f5aeaf53adda?source=cve
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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