Critical severity · published Sep 5, 2026
CVE-2026-83627
Hummingbird – Speed Optimization, Caching, Minify, Compress & CDN <= 3.21.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Cookie Name in Page Cache Debug Log
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Hummingbird – Speed Optimization, Caching, Minify, Compress & CDN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.21.0 via the log_msg() function in core/modules/class-page-cache.php. The page-cache debug log is written to wp-content/wphb-logs/page-caching-log.php, a directly web-accessible PHP file that is supposed to be protected by a leading '<?php die(); ?>' header. That header is guarded by class_exists( 'Filesystem' ), which can never match because class_exists() resolves string arguments in the global namespace while the class is Hummingbird\Core\Filesystem; when the log is created during a front-end request the header is therefore omitted entirely. get_cookies() then writes the raw name of any cookie matching the wphb_cache_ prefix into that file without sanitization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary PHP into the log file with a single anonymous request and execute it by requesting the file directly, resulting in full remote code execution. Exploitation requires the site administrator to have enabled Page Caching with the Debug Log option (non-default), and the log file to be created during a front-end request — a state reached by the plugin's own 'Clear logs' action, any cache flush, or unattended via the plugin's daily log-rotation cron, which can strip the protective header from an existing log file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
Affected product
HP
Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN
wpmudev
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83627
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-83627
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hummingbird-performance/trunk/core/modules/class-page-cache.php#L1973
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hummingbird-performance/trunk/core/modules/class-page-cache.php#L1982
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hummingbird-performance/trunk/core/modules/class-page-cache.php#L749
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hummingbird-performance/trunk/core/modules/class-page-cache.php#L752
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3675836/hummingbird-performance/trunk/core/modules/class-page-cache.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fhummingbird-performance/tags/3.20.0&new_path=%2Fhummingbird-performance/tags/3.21.2
