Hard-coded credentials in WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100
Priority LOW 30CWE-798Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00444 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5810
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7v85-vr7j-6frv
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fe97ac1-cab9-4b6f-bddd-bdcdc9faee40?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L372
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L152
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp2speed/trunk/lib/includes/optimize.php#L165
More Wp2speed vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-25230 Information disclosure in WP2Speed Faster CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-5810 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-5810 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7v85-vr7j-6frv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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