CVE-2024-8512

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-8512

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-10-30T11:00:59.962Z

Last Modified Date
2024-10-30T14:04:13.997Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-95	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/95.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
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/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8512
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-8512

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-10-31 13:15:06				Added to TrackCVE