Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-8147

Description

The LWSCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to improper authorization on the lwscache_activatePlugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary whitelisted LWS plugins.

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Affected products

WordPress/Lwscachereferences2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=2.8.5
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/lwscache

Patches

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lwscache/tags/2.8.5/lwscache.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3352047/nvd
wordpress.org/plugins/lwscache/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01a6a5bf-636b-416c-86fa-43f639624e80nvd

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