Threat database

The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization WordPress plugin contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in all versions up to and including 7.25.00. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to gain plugin-administrator-equivalent control by exploiting improper privilege management in the plugin's API key validation and settings update mechanism. Attackers can retrieve the API key without authentication via an exposed AJAX action and then use it to modify plugin settings arbitrarily, granting themselves elevated capabilities.

Unauthenticated Settings Change in WP Compress <= 7.21.28 versions.

Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) in WP Compress < 7.20.01 versions.

The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.10.09. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the (top-level template code) function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress options, including critical ones such as siteurl, home, active_plugins, template, and stylesheet, causing site outage or a full plugin and theme reset via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Missing Authorization vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.60.28.

Missing Authorization vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.50.54.

Weak Authentication vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.30.30.

The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to missing capability checks on its on its AJAX functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.30.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to compromise the site in various ways depending on the specific function exploited - for example, by retrieving sensitive settings and configuration details, or by altering and deleting them, thereby disclosing sensitive information, disrupting the plugin’s functionality, and potentially impacting overall site performance.

The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.30.15 via the init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query information from internal services.

The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘custom_server’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.30.03 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.20.13.

The WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the several functions in versions up to, and including, 6.20.01. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to edit plugin settings, including storing cross-site scripting, in multisite environments.

The WP Compress – Image Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wps_local_compress::__construct' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.11.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the CDN region and set a malicious URL to deliver images.