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CVE-2024-11848: NitroPack <= 1.17.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The NitroPack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'nitropack_dismiss_notice_forever' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.17.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options to a fixed value of '1' which can activate certain options (e.g., enable user registration) or modify certain options in a way that leads to a denial of service condition.

Affected products

• NitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimization: through 1.17.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3211235/nitropack
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1e1b06d0-f348-4a8b-8730-a87d8e2ba2a1?source=cve

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