CVE-2026-120551 - WP Compress <= 7.22.01 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Account Linking / Site Takeover via 'force_ic_connect' and 'apikey' Parameters

CVE-2026-120551 - WP Compress <= 7.22.01 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Account Linking / Site Takeover via 'force_ic_connect' and 'apikey' Parameters

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-120551
Published : Nov. 3, 2026, 4:43 a.m. | 42 minutes ago
Description :The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.22.01. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to link the victim site to an attacker-controlled WP Compress account, overwrite plugin settings to an aggressive live-CDN preset, and gain the shared api_key that authenticates all nopriv HMAC-gated endpoints — enabling full control over cache purging, file deletion, opcode cache invalidation, and other privileged plugin operations. This vulnerability only affects fresh installations or lite/free-mode installs where no api_key is already stored, as the sole guard fails open when the stored key is absent.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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