WordPress plugin · lws-optimize
Is LWS Optimize safe?
Safe on 4.1.7 or newer.
The current version, 4.1.7, is past every affected range on record (4 of 4 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 4
- High or critical
- 0
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 4.1.7
- Last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Active installs
- 20,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Aug 9, 2026LWS Optimize: Does not properly escape a value submitted through an unauthenticated analytics endpoint before storing it and rendering it in an administrative dashboardCVE-2026-16032 · fixed in 4.1.2 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
- Aug 2, 2026LWS Optimize: Does not perform a capability check on its cache-clearing actionsCVE-2026-16042 · fixed in 3.4 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.3
- Jun 12, 2026LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools: Arbitrary File ReadCVE-2026-12089 · affects up to 3.3.19 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.9
- Mar 31, 2024LWS Optimize: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2024-30541 · affects up to 1.9.1 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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