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Tag Archives: WP Fastest Cache

Plugin Security Scorecard Grade for WP Fastest Cache

Checked on February 28, 2025
B

See issues causing the plugin to get less than A+ grade

26 May 2016

Protecting You Against Wordfence’s Bad Practices: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability in WP Fastest Cache

Wordfence is putting WordPress website at risk by disclosing vulnerabilities in plugins with critical details needed to double check their work missing, in what appears to be an attempt to profit off of these vulnerabilities. We are releasing those details so that others can review the vulnerabilities to try to limit the damage Wordfence’s practice could cause.

Wordfence describes the vulnerability in WP Fastest Cache version 0.8.5.7 as “The Local File Inclusion vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code on the target web server or on a site visitor’s browser. This enables the attacker to steal or manipulate data, perform a denial of service attack or enable additional attack types such as Cross Site Scripting.” [Read more]

25 May 2016

Protecting You Against Wordfence’s Bad Practices: Unauthorized Options Update Vulnerability in WP Fastest Cache

Wordfence is putting WordPress website at risk by disclosing vulnerabilities in plugins with critical details needed to double check their work missing, in what appears to be an attempt to profit off of these vulnerabilities. We are releasing those details so that others can review the vulnerabilities to try to limit the damage Wordfence’s practice could cause.

Wordfence describes the vulnerability in WP Fastest Cache version 0.8.5.7 as “The Options Update vulnerability allows an attacker to access and make changes to the CDN (Content Delivery Network) options for the website. With this control an attacker can direct all requests for css files, images, videos, etc. to their site, allowing them to serve malicious content to visitors of the vulnerable site.” [Read more]