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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8147

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,

Published Aug 29, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · LWSCache

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8147. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of LWSCache is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.25%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record · vendor aurelienlws LWSCache 0 ≤2.8.5

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated named in the record<= 2.8.5
  • vendor aurelienlws LWSCache 0 ≤2.8.50 ≤2.8.5

How to fix CVE-2025-8147

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8147. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of LWSCache is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 2.8.5; aurelienlws LWSCache 0 ≤2.8.5 0 ≤2.8.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-285: Improper Authorization. EPSS 0.25%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 29, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8147

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8147

    30-day exploitation probability 0.25%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-26173

    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 acce

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8147

    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 acce

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 21, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 18, 2026