CVE-2025-8778
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Publication date: 2025-09-10

Last updated on: 2025-09-11

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The NitroPack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the nitropack_set_compression_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the nitropack-enableCompression option and effectively change plugin compression settings.
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Published
2025-09-10
Last Modified
2025-09-11
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-09-10
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-8778
EUVD
EUVD-2025-34027
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Showing 2 associated CPEs
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nitropack nitropack 1.18.4
nitropack nitropack 1.18.5
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CWE ID Description
CWE-862 The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in the NitroPack plugin for WordPress, where a missing capability check in the nitropack_set_compression_ajax() function allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to modify plugin compression settings without proper authorization.

Impact Analysis

An attacker with Subscriber-level access or above can change the compression settings of the NitroPack plugin, potentially affecting website performance or behavior by unauthorized modification of data.

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