CVE-2014-8724

W3 Total Cache <= 0.9.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en el plugin W3 Total Cache anterior a 0.9.4.1 para WordPress, cuando el modo debug está habilitado, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de 'Cache key' en HTML-Comments, como se demuesrta en PATH_INFO en la URI por defecto.

W3 Total Cache version 0.9.4 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

*Credits: Tobias Glemser

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-10 CVE Reserved
2014-12-16 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	2024-08-06
https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog	2023-05-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Boldgrid Search vendor "Boldgrid"		W3 Total Cache Search vendor "Boldgrid" for product "W3 Total Cache"				<= 0.9.4 Search vendor "Boldgrid" for product "W3 Total Cache" and version " <= 0.9.4"		wordpress		Affected