Unauthorized admin changes via missing nonce checks
Published Feb 23, 2026 · Updated Feb 23, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Aruba HiSpeed Cache before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to alter plugin settings through an administrator's browser. The ahsc_reset_options, ahsc_debug_status, and ahsc_enable_purge handlers accept state-changing AJAX requests without verifying a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to visit attacker-controlled content and can reset settings, toggle WP_DEBUG, or change cache-purge behavior.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Aruba HiSpeed Cache before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to alter plugin settings through an administrator's browser. The ahsc_reset_options, ahsc_debug_status, and ahsc_enable_purge handlers accept state-changing AJAX requests without verifying a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to visit attacker-controlled content and can reset settings, toggle WP_DEBUG, or change cache-purge behavior.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-23694
- Published
- Feb 23, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Aruba PEC S.p.A.
- Product
- Aruba HiSpeed Cache
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.0.5
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