Description
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.
Problem types
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Product status
Any version
Timeline
| 2026-06-12: | Disclosed |
Credits
Omar Elshopky
References
www.wordfence.com/...-753c-40fa-aee4-7d8c1749d037?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ront/LwsOptimizeCSSManager.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ront/LwsOptimizeCSSManager.php