CVE-2025-8147 Missing authorization in LWSCache
Authenticated subscribers can activate arbitrary whitelisted LWS plugins due to missing authorization checks in the LWSCache WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8147?
CVE-2025-8147 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in aurelienlws LWSCache, published on 29 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LWSCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to improper authorization on the lwscache_activatePlugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary whitelisted LWS plugins.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8147?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8147?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8147 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-8147 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8147 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rpmw-wf28-73qq.