Unauthenticated file upload in 10Web Booster WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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-434.
Summary
The 10Web Booster WordPress plugin up to and including 2.34.10 has an arbitrary file upload flaw in the compressCustom function. Missing file type validation and extension filtering (CWE-434) let an unauthenticated attacker upload files that may be executable, which can lead to remote code execution. A world-readable nonce stored under wp-content/uploads/ lets unauthenticated visitors pass authentication checks.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 2.34.10 via the compressCustom function. This is due to missing file type validation and extension filtering on the page_id parameter, combined with a world-readable leaked nonce that bypasses authentication checks. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. This exploit chain requires obtaining the plugin's REST nonce (tenwebio_rest), which is automatically serialized to a world-readable file under wp-content/uploads/ whenever a bulk optimisation batch pauses; because the nonce is generated in a cron/loopback context with a user ID of 0, it is valid for unauthenticated visitors.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
The sources list no fixed version for 10Web Booster.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-15 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108587
- 2026-10-15 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-38rr-wcwh-jgw6
References
Other 12
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/adfd97cf-8f61-463d-a535-1a61e3c2e134?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/Rest.php#L310
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/CompressService.php#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/Utils.php#L161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/vendor/10web-utils/10web-queue/src/TenWebQueue/Traits/QueueRestart.php#L63
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/Rest.php#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.1/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/Rest.php#L310
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.1/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/CompressService.php#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.1/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/Utils.php#L161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.1/vendor/10web-utils/10web-queue/src/TenWebQueue/Traits/QueueRestart.php#L63
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.1/vendor/10web-utils/tenweb-image-optimizer/src/TenWebIO/Rest.php#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3743299/tenweb-speed-optimizer
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- TI-2022-01165 Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-07554 Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in Photo Gallery 1.2.5. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-15571 WordPress Form Maker Plugin 1.12.24 SQL Injection via admin-ajax.php CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-108587 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-108587 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38rr-wcwh-jgw6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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