CVE-2026-15350
The The Cache Purger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.20.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The The Cache Purger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.20. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to permanently truncate the plugin's cache-purge audit log (wp-content/purge.log), destroying the entire cache-purge audit history. The tcp_log_purge nonce is rendered in the admin bar on frontend pages accessible to all authenticated users including subscribers, meaning any authenticated user possesses the nonce required to trigger the deletion.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-admin.php#L132
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-common.php#L223
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-common.php#L242
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-cache-purger/tags/2.3.03/work/inc/kp-cache-purge-common.php#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3603867%40the-cache-purger&new=3603867%40the-cache-purger
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a9943b5-0f6d-4fbd-97eb-df61acd0c297?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.