Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-2109WP Compress <= 6.30.15 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via init Function
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity server-side request forgery in WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization from aresit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.30.15 via the init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query information from internal services.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| aresit | WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization | 0 – through 6.30.15 |
Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/10b9d703-de9d-472a-bdfb-bc9a41bf375e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-compress-image-optimizer/tags/6.30.15/wp-compress-core.php#L994
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-compress-image-optimizer/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3254259/