Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2026· Updated Aug 20, 2026
CVE-2026-17608
CVE-2026-17608
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=7.10.09
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/classes/menu.class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/classes/menu.class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/templates/admin/advanced_settings_v4.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/templates/admin/debug_tool.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/templates/admin/debug_tool.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67013cc9-c20f-4137-9a4d-e7d700899131nvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 10, 2026 to August 16, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 21, 2026
- WordPress Plugins: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Single Batch, Including Critical FlawsVypr Intelligence · Aug 17, 2026