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CVE-2026-120551

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

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The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.22.01. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to link the victim site to an attacker-controlled WP Compress account, overwrite plugin settings to an aggressive live-CDN preset, and gain the shared api_key that authenticates all nopriv HMAC-gated endpoints — enabling full control over cache purging, file deletion, opcode cache invalidation, and other privileged plugin operations. This vulnerability only affects fresh installations or lite/free-mode installs where no api_key is already stored, as the sole guard fails open when the stored key is absent.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 16th percentile. Scored 2026-11-04. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CWE
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
OWASP Top 10
A01:2025 Broken Access Control
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Versions

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ProductAffected
aresit WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimizationthrough 7.22.01

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-665 Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws Likelihood: Low · Severity: Very High

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