CVE-2024-5810
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe WP2Speed Faster – Optimize PageSpeed Insights Score 90-100 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the use of hardcoded credentials to authenticate all the incoming API requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite CSS, update the trial settings, purge the cache, and find attachments.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe WP2Speed Faster WordPress plugin uses hardcoded credentials to authenticate all incoming API requests, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication entirely. Attackers can overwrite CSS files, update trial settings, purge the cache, and enumerate attachments through the vulnerable API endpoints.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check WP2Speed plugin versionNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins > WP2Speed Faster and note the version number displayed, or inspect the plugin main file header for 'Version' fieldAffected if Version is below 1.0.2 (the fixed release)
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Locate plugin API endpoint filesAccess the plugin directory via file manager or FTP (wp-content/plugins/wp2speed/) and search for files named api.php, ajax.php, or containing 'api' or 'endpoint' in the filenameAffected if API endpoint files exist in the plugin directory (these are the attack surface)
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Verify API authentication mechanismSend a crafted request to the plugin API endpoint (commonly /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wp2speed_api or similar) without providing any authentication credentialsAffected if The API responds successfully without requiring valid authentication (indicating hardcoded credential bypass)
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Inspect for hardcoded credentials in plugin sourceSearch plugin PHP files for hardcoded strings such as 'api_key', 'secret', 'password', or specific static string values used in authentication functions (grep -r 'api_key\|secret\|hardcode' in plugin directory)Affected if Hardcoded credential strings are found in the authentication logic
Your environment is affected if WP2Speed plugin version is below 1.0.2 and the plugin API endpoints are accessible without authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to version 1.0.2 or later when available. Until then, restrict access to the plugin's AJAX/api endpoints via web server configuration or disable the plugin if not actively used.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-5810 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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