CVE-2024-5810 (GCVE-0-2024-5810)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 08:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:41
VLAI?
Title
WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 <= 1.0.1 - Improper Authorization due to use of Hardcoded Credentials
Summary
The WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the use of hardcoded credentials to authenticate all the incoming API requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite CSS, update the trial settings, purge the cache, and find attachments.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wp2speed WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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