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CERT-In Vulnerability Note CIVN-2026-0206
Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress

Original Issue Date:April 28, 2026

Severity Rating: CRITICAL

Software Affected

  • Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.4.5

Overview

A critical vulnerability has been identified in the Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.

Target Audience:
 Website administrators, developers, and organizations operating WordPress sites that use the Breeze Cache plugin.

Risk Assessment:
 High risk of remote code execution.

Impact Assessment:
 Potential for system compromise, data theft, unauthorized access.

Description

Breeze Cache is a WordPress caching plugin developed by Cloudways that improves website performance through page caching, file optimization, and CDN integration.

A vulnerability exists in the Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress due to improper validation of user-supplied input in the fetch_gravatar_from_remote functionality. This flaw allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files to the server by abusing the gravatar-fetching mechanism.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.

Solution

Apply appropriate security updates as mentioned
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/breeze/breeze-cache-244-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file- upload-via-fetch-gravatar-from-remote

Vendor Information

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/breeze/breeze-cache-244-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file- upload-via-fetch-gravatar-from-remote

References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/breeze/breeze-cache-244-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file- upload-via-fetch-gravatar-from-remote

CVE Name

CVE-2026-3844

Disclaimer

The information provided herein is on "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind.

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
India

 
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