CVE-2026-107321

W3 Total Cache < 2.10.6 - Author+ Path Traversal via CDN Media Library Import

Published Oct 10, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.10.6 does not confine a media-import file copy to the document root, nor enforce an effective file-type restriction on it, allowing users with the Author role or higher to plant content that, once an administrator runs the import, copies an arbitrary server-readable file into a publicly served directory, exposing it to unauthenticated retrieval.

Remediation

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History
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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions w3 Total Cache
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions w3 Total Cache
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Weaknesses CWE-20
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-22
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Description The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.10.6 does not confine a media-import file copy to the document root, nor enforce an effective file-type restriction on it, allowing users with the Author role or higher to plant content that, once an administrator runs the import, copies an arbitrary server-readable file into a publicly served directory, exposing it to unauthenticated retrieval.
Title W3 Total Cache < 2.10.6 - Author+ Path Traversal via CDN Media Library Import
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Oct 10, 2026, 12:06 PM
Reserved
Oct 7, 2026, 5:35 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 10, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Oct 13, 2026, 8:36 PM