CVE-2026-17608

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductWP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
PublishedAug 16, 2026
First seenAug 16, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
aresit WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimizationv ≤ 7.10.09—

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