CVE-2026-17608

WP Compress <= 7.10.09 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Deletion

Published Aug 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.10.09. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the (top-level template code) function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress options, including critical ones such as siteurl, home, active_plugins, template, and stylesheet, causing site outage or a full plugin and theme reset via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Aresit
Aresit wp Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Aresit
Aresit wp Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.10.09. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the (top-level template code) function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress options, including critical ones such as siteurl, home, active_plugins, template, and stylesheet, causing site outage or a full plugin and theme reset via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title WP Compress <= 7.10.09 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Deletion
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Aug 18, 2026, 7:19 PM
Reserved
Jul 27, 2026, 5:00 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 16, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Aug 20, 2026, 12:48 PM