WS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools <= 3.3.19 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Read
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.9epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 74% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 3.3.19. This is due to the combine_current_css() function trusting <link rel="stylesheet" href="..."> values harvested from page HTML and converting same-site URLs to absolute filesystem paths before reading them with file_get_contents()/Minify\CSS::add(), without enforcing that the resolved path stay within ABSPATH or have a .css extension. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to read arbitrary files.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
aurelienlws · LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache ToolsReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lws-optimize/tags/3.3.19/Classes/Front/LwsOptimizeCSSManager.php#L289https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lws-optimize/tags/3.3.19/Classes/Front/LwsOptimizeCSSManager.php#L61https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5cb80db2-753c-40fa-aee4-7d8c1749d037?source=cve