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CVE-2025-8147: LWSCache <= 2.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Plugin Activation via lwscache_activatePlugin Function

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-29 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

The LWSCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to improper authorization on the lwscache_activatePlugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary whitelisted LWS plugins.

Affected products

• aurelienlws LWSCache: through 2.8.5

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lwscache/tags/2.8.5/lwscache.php#L401
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3352047/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/lwscache/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01a6a5bf-636b-416c-86fa-43f639624e80?source=cve

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