PT-2025-37019 · WordPress · Nitropack

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2025-09-10 · Updated 2025-09-10 · CVE-2025-8778

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: NitroPack versions up to and including 1.18.4

Description: The NitroPack plugin for WordPress is susceptible to unauthorized data modification. This is due to a missing capability check within the nitropack set compression ajax() function. Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher can modify the nitropack-enableCompression option, altering plugin compression settings.

Recommendations: Update NitroPack to a version later than 1.18.4.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-8778

Affected Products

Nitropack

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8778 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/nitropack/#developers · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/750f35ce-0f1c-4a12-a7a0-2c217de277fd?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nitropack/trunk/functions.php#L2907 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1965709770158968917 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1965691859113779667 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3354452%40nitropack&new=3354452%40nitropack&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note