CVE-2024-5810

WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 <= 1.0.1 - Improper Authorization due to use of Hardcoded Credentials

2024-07-08 19:47

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100
Affected Version: <= 1.0.1
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CVE: CVE-2024-5810

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At a glance

CVE-2024-5810 is a medium-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in the WP2Speed Faster WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed July 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5810 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fe97ac1-cab9-4b6f-bddd-bdcdc9faee40 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5810

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100

5.3CVE-2024-37924: WP2Speed Faster Information ExposureCVE-2024-37924

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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