GHSA-3q9x-fhmv-6x69MediumCVSS 4.9
The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. This is due to a mismatch between CSS URL validation (which allows query strings like .css?...) and path resolution (which strips query strings), combined with no validation that the resolved file is actually a CSS file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server (including wp-config.php and /etc/passwd) by injecting crafted <link> tags into page content, with the file contents written to publicly accessible cache files.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5114
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/speedycache/tags/1.3.7/main/css.php#L137
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/speedycache/tags/1.3.7/main/util.php#L75
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cfefcc38-764d-4dd9-b098-cdcad475d634?source=cve
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3q9x-fhmv-6x69