Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-10389610Web Booster <= 2.34.5 - Unauthenticated Limited File Write / Cache Poisoning via Query-string Parameter Traversal in Page-Cache Path
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer from 10web. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a limited file write via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 2.34.5 This is due to the OptimizerWebPageCache::get_cache_file_dir() function concatenating raw, unsanitized $_GET parameter names and values into the on-disk cache path, and the cache_content() sink calling mkdir() and file_put_contents() on the result with no realpath containment check — unlike the sibling delete_page_cache(), which does perform one. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary directories (mode 0777, recursively) outside the cache root and write a cached page into them. The write is LIMITED: the filename is always 'source.html', so the extension is fixed, and the content is the rendered page buffer rather than attacker-supplied data. PHP files cannot be written and code execution is not possible; the demonstrated impact is cache poisoning and arbitrary directory creation.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 10web | 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer | 0 – through 2.34.5 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/83e672e7-2483-46e9-ae16-a9e7ccc4bcb8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/includes/WebPageCache/OptimizerWebPageCache.php#L205
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/includes/WebPageCache/OptimizerWebPageCache.php#L190
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/includes/WebPageCache/OptimizerWebPageCache.php#L312
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.5/includes/WebPageCache/OptimizerWebPageValidations.php#L299
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tenweb-speed-optimizer/tags/2.34.8