CVE-2014-8724

W3 Total Cache <= 0.9.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

5.4

CVSS Score

5.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

0.9.4.1

Patched in

3325d

Time to patch

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress, when debug mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Cache key" in the HTML-Comments, as demonstrated by the PATH_INFO to the default URI.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=0.9.4

PublishedDecember 16, 2014

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginw3-total-cache

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71114965-c8e3-4f2f-b308-f75adc7f2d31?source=api-prod

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