CVE-2024-8512

CRITICAL EPSS 56.8%

Published Oct 30, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

9.1 CVSS 3.1

Critical

Published Oct 30, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 Details

Base Score

9.1

Exploitability

2.3

Impact

6.0

Vector string

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

User Interaction None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

56.8% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-95

References 3

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

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.