Nginx Cache Purge Preload <= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
The Nginx Cache Purge Preload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1 via the 'nppp_preload_cache_on_update' function. This is due to insufficient sanitization of the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERERER'] parameter passed from the 'nppp_handle_fastcgi_cache_actions_admin_bar' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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-2025-6213
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7653-r8cq-rf8w
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bbe8c101-5e0a-4ba7-8ff7-4c8ed01e9ef5?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/fastcgi-cache-purge-and-preload-nginx/
- https://github.com/psaux-it/nginx-fastcgi-cache-purge-and-preload
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3332176%40fastcgi-cache-purge-and-preload-nginx&new=3332176%40fastcgi-cache-purge-and-preload-nginx&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file15
Sources
- CVE-2025-6213 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6213 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7653-r8cq-rf8w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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