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Vulnerability record · public intelligence
CVE-2026-17608
MEDIUM

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

Published Aug 16, 2026 · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Severity · CVSSMEDIUM · 6.5
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood0.24%
QFinch risk scoreNot available

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Oct 23, 2026

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

Publisher and source text is retained separately from QFinch interpretation.

QFinch assessment

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.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

Matching a version is only one part of assessing exposure. QFinch has not assessed your environment on this public page.

Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
Review primary references

Evidence coverage

CVENVDEPSS
SSVC priority
LOW
Confidence
Not available
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. www.wordfence.com ↗
  2. plugins.trac.wordpress.org ↗
  3. plugins.trac.wordpress.org ↗
  4. plugins.trac.wordpress.org ↗
  5. plugins.trac.wordpress.org ↗
  6. plugins.trac.wordpress.org ↗
  7. plugins.trac.wordpress.org ↗

Record history

Published Aug 16, 2026 · Last refreshed Oct 23, 2026