CVE-2014-8724
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
19/12/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 0.9.4 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/
- https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/
- https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt