PT-2014-8691 · Frederick Townes · W3 Total Cache

Published 2014-12-19 · Updated 2023-05-26 · CVE-2014-8724

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions W3 Total Cache plugin versions prior to 0.9.4.1

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Cache key in the HTML-Comments when debug mode is enabled. This can be demonstrated by the PATH INFO to the default URI.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.4.1, update to version 0.9.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling debug mode until a patch is available. Restrict access to the Cache key in the HTML-Comments to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8724

Affected Products

W3 Total Cache

References · 6

• 🔥 https://secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8724 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8724 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded · Note