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.
History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Aresit wp Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
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Vendors & Products Aresit
Aresit wp Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-08-16T06:38:07.794Z

Updated: 2026-08-18T19:19:30.083Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T17:00:24.362Z

Link: CVE-2026-17608

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T19:19:26.809Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-16T07:16:30.663

Modified: 2026-08-18T20:17:13.247

Link: CVE-2026-17608

cve-icon Redhat

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