WP Compress Plugin up to 6.30.15 on WordPress Setting authorization

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in WP Compress Plugin up to 6.30.15 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-2110. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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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. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to missing capability checks on its on its AJAX functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.30.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to compromise the site in various ways depending on the specific function exploited - for example, by retrieving sensitive settings and configuration details, or by altering and deleting them, thereby disclosing sensitive information, disrupting the plugin’s functionality, and potentially impacting overall site performance.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2110 since 03/07/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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

Name

• 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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