CVE-2024-5810 Hardcoded credentials in WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100
Unauthenticated attackers can overwrite CSS, update settings, purge cache, and find attachments due to hardcoded API credentials in the WP2Speed Faster plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5810?
CVE-2024-5810 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5810?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5810?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5810 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-5810 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5810 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7v85-vr7j-6frv.