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.
CVE-2026-17608
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(high)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 16, 2026
Last Modified
August 20, 2026
References (7)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/classes/menu.class.php#L239
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/classes/menu.class.php#L335
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/templates/admin/advanced_settings_v4.php#L2378
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/templates/admin/debug_tool.php#L550
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/7.10.03/templates/admin/debug_tool.php#L551
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3641964%40wp-compress-image-optimizer&new=3641964%40wp-compress-image-optimizer
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67013cc9-c20f-4137-9a4d-e7d700899131?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17608(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 19× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-19 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 20:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 19:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 19:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 05:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 06:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 07:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 06:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 06:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-17608?
CVE-2026-17608 is a medium vulnerability published on August 16, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-17608 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17608 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 16, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17608 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17608 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17608?
CVE-2026-17608 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17608?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17608, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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