PT-2024-14790 · WordPress · W3 Total Cache

Ivan Kuzymchak · Published 2024-09-24 · Updated 2024-09-30 · CVE-2023-5359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.7.5

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to expose sensitive information, specifically Google OAuth API secrets stored in plaintext in the plugin source. This can enable attackers to impersonate W3 Total Cache and access user account information under certain conditions. However, this does not impact the WordPress user's site.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.7.5, update to a version later than 2.7.5 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Google OAuth API secrets until a patch is available.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5359

Affected Products

W3 Total Cache

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5359 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156426/w3-total-cache/tags/2.7.6/PageSpeed_Api.php · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d89a534-978e-4fd8-be3a-5137bdc22dc9?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1838873338162159655 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1838483360814866644 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/trunk/PageSpeed_Api.php#L39 · Note