WP Compress Plugin up to 6.30.15 on WordPress init server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in WP Compress Plugin up to 6.30.15 on WordPress. The affected element is the function init. Performing a manipulation results in server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-2109. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WP Compress Plugin up to 6.30.15 on WordPress. This affects the function init. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.30.15 via the init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query information from internal services.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-2109 since 03/07/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/12/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WP Compress Plugin

Version

• 6.30.0
• 6.30.1
• 6.30.2
• 6.30.3
• 6.30.4
• 6.30.5
• 6.30.6
• 6.30.7
• 6.30.8
• 6.30.9
• 6.30.10
• 6.30.11
• 6.30.12
• 6.30.13
• 6.30.14
• 6.30.15

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