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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-08-29T04:25:28.386Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-08T16:32:35.860Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8147 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Aurelienlws
  • Lwscache
Wordpress
  • Wordpress
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-8147.

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