Missing authorization in kevp75 The Cache Purger
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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-862.
Summary
The The Cache Purger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.20. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to permanently truncate the plugin's cache-purge audit log (wp-content/purge.log), destroying the entire cache-purge audit history. The tcp_log_purge nonce is rendered in the admin bar on frontend pages accessible to all authenticated users including subscribers, meaning any authenticated user possesses the nonce required to trigger the deletion.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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-2026-15350
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpxv-63pw-m29m
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a9943b5-0f6d-4fbd-97eb-df61acd0c297?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-common.php#L242
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-common.php#L223
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-common.php#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-admin.php#L132
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3603867%40the-cache-purger&new=3603867%40the-cache-purger
Sources
- CVE-2026-15350 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15350 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpxv-63pw-m29m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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