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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server (including `wp-config.php` and `/etc/passwd`) by injecting crafted `\u003clink\u003e` tags into page content, with the file contents written to publicly accessible cache files.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00498,"percentile":0.43027,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-07-28T18:35:52Z","modified":"2026-07-29T16:17:55Z","products":[{"vendor":"softaculous","product":"speedycache – cache, optimization, performance"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cfefcc38-764d-4dd9-b098-cdcad475d634?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/speedycache/tags/1.3.7/main/css.php#L137"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/speedycache/tags/1.3.7/main/util.php#L75"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5114"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3q9x-fhmv-6x69"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-5114","title":"SpeedyCache \u003c= 1.3.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read","description":"The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. This is due to a mismatch between CSS URL validation (which allows query strings like `.css?...`) and path resolution (which strips query strings), combined with no validation that the resolved file is actually a CSS file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server (including `wp-config.php` and `/etc/passwd`) by injecting crafted `\u003clink\u003e` tags into page content, with the file contents written to publicly accessible cache files.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-28T18:35:52.121Z","modified":"2026-07-29T15:25:11.301Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:39:39.001586Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-49989","description":"The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server (including `wp-config.php` and `/etc/passwd`) by injecting crafted `\u003clink\u003e` tags into page content, with the file contents written to publicly accessible cache files.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-28T18:35:52Z","modified":"2026-07-29T15:25:11Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:02:29.807737Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3q9x-fhmv-6x69","title":"The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in...","description":"The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. This is due to a mismatch between CSS URL validation (which allows query strings like `.css?...`) and path resolution (which strips query strings), combined with no validation that the resolved file is actually a CSS file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server (including `wp-config.php` and `/etc/passwd`) by injecting crafted `\u003clink\u003e` tags into page content, with the file contents written to publicly accessible cache files.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-28T21:31:33Z","modified":"2026-07-28T21:31:39Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:09:53.141941Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-5114","description":"The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. This is due to a mismatch between CSS URL validation (which allows query strings like `.css?...`) and path resolution (which strips query strings), combined with no validation that the resolved file is actually a CSS file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server (including `wp-config.php` and `/etc/passwd`) by injecting crafted `\u003clink\u003e` tags into page content, with the file contents written to publicly accessible cache files.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-28T19:17:39.88Z","modified":"2026-07-29T16:17:55.3Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:33.249634Z"}]}}