Description
The WP-Optimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to missing capability checks in the `receive_heartbeat()` function in `includes/class-wp-optimize-heartbeat.php` in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This is due to the Heartbeat handler directly invoking `Updraft_Smush_Manager_Commands` methods without verifying user capabilities, nonce tokens, or the allowed commands whitelist that the normal AJAX handler (`updraft_smush_ajax`) enforces. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to invoke admin-only Smush operations including reading log files (`get_smush_logs`), deleting all backup images (`clean_all_backup_images`), triggering bulk image processing (`process_bulk_smush`), and modifying Smush options (`update_smush_options`).
INFO
Published Date :
2026-04-10T01:24:57.952Z
Last Modified :
2026-04-10T13:46:16.718Z
Source :
Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-2712 vulnerability.
| Vendors | Products |
|---|---|
| Davidanderson |
|
| Wordpress |
|
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