🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-12089

MEDIUM 4.9

WS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools <= 3.3.19 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Read

CVSS Score
4.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 3.3.19. This is due to the combine_current_css() function trusting <link rel="stylesheet" href="..."> values harvested from page HTML and converting same-site URLs to absolute filesystem paths before reading them with file_get_contents()/Minify\CSS::add(), without enforcing that the resolved path stay within ABSPATH or have a .css extension. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to read arbitrary files.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor aurelienlws
Product lws optimize – all-in-one speed booster & cache tools
Published Jun 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

aurelienlws / LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools
0 ≤ 3.3.19

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5cb80db2-753c-40fa-aee4-7d8c1749d037?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lws-optimize/tags/3.3.19/Classes/Front/LwsOptimizeCSSManager.php#L289 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lws-optimize/tags/3.3.19/Classes/Front/LwsOptimizeCSSManager.php#L61

Credits

Omar Elshopky