CVE-2026-17608

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

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 16, 2026 at 06:38 AM UTC
Updated: August 20, 2026 at 01:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWP Compress

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WP Compress· Aresitwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 7.10.09

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-352

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