# CVE-2023-6598: SpeedyCache <= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Options Update

> Authenticated subscribers can modify SpeedyCache plugin settings due to missing capability checks, allowing unauthorized configuration changes.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2hq6-33g7-497g

## What is CVE-2023-6598?

CVE-2023-6598 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance, published on 11 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the speedycache_save_varniship, speedycache_img_update_settings, speedycache_preloading_add_settings, and speedycache_preloading_delete_resource functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin options.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6598?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Softaculous Speedycache.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in softaculous SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance

- [CVE-2024-43299](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43299/): WordPress SpeedyCache plugin <= 1.1.8 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-49746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49746/): WordPress SpeedyCache Plugin <= 1.1.2 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6598 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6598 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance, published on 11 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: softaculous SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6598/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6598/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6598
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6598
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6598

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6598/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.