WP-Optimize <= 4.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update and Image Manipulation_CVE-2026-2712

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    "description": "The WP-Optimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to missing capability checks in the `receive_heartbeat()` function in `includes/class-wp-optimize-heartbeat.php` in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This is due to the Heartbeat handler directly invoking `Updraft_Smush_Manager_Commands` methods without verifying user capabilities, nonce tokens, or the allowed commands whitelist that the normal AJAX handler (`updraft_smush_ajax`) enforces. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to invoke admin-only Smush operations including reading log files (`get_smush_logs`), deleting all backup images (`clean_all_backup_images`), triggering bulk image processing (`process_bulk_smush`), and modifying Smush options (`update_smush_options`).",
    "published": "2026-04-10T01:24:57.952Z",
    "modified": "2026-04-10T13:46:16.718Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "WP-Optimize <= 4.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update and Image Manipulation",
    "source": "Wordfence",
    "references": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a0a376e-ea3a-40ca-9341-f28f92e15e02?source=cve\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-optimize/tags/4.4.1/includes/class-wp-optimize-heartbeat.php#L65\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-optimize/trunk/includes/class-wp-optimize-heartbeat.php#L65\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-optimize/tags/4.4.1/includes/class-wp-optimize-heartbeat.php#L82\nhttps://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2026-2712/",
    "id": "CVE-2026-2712",
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    "cwe": [
        "CWE-863"
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    "sourceData": "davidanderson WP-Optimize \u2013 Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 0",
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        "score": 5.4,
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        "version": "3.1"
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    "product": "WP-Optimize \u2013 Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance",
    "version": "0",
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