CVE-2014-8724

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Published Dec 19, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8556	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.055% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Boldgrid W3 Total Cache

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:26 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 19, 2014, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:26 PM
Reserved: Nov 10, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 19, 2014, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

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