W3SPEEDSTER <= 7.26 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution

Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-8512
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published October 29, 2024
Last Updated October 30, 2024
Researcher Lesor101
Description

The W3SPEEDSTER plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 7.26 via the 'script' parameter of the hookBeforeStartOptimization() function. This is due to the plugin passing user supplied input to eval(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug w3speedster-wp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.26
Patched Version
  • 7.27
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