CVE-2014-9414

W3 Total Cache <= 0.9.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress does not properly handle empty nonces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the mobile site redirect URI via the mobile_groups[*][redirect] parameter and an empty _wpnonce parameter in the w3tc_mobile page to wp-admin/admin.php.

El plugin W3 Total Cache anterior a 0.9.4.1 de WordPress no maneja adecuadamente nonces vacíos, lo que permite a atacantes remotos dirigir ataques CSRF y secuestrar la autenticación de administradores para solicitudes de sitio móvil redirigen la URI a través del parámetro mobile_groups[*][redirect] y un parámetro vacío _wpnonce en la página w3tc_mobile a wp-admin/admin.php.

*Credits: Mazin Ahmed

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-12-10 CVE Published
2014-12-24 CVE Reserved
2024-08-05 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/61562	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352	Vdb Entry
https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.html	2024-08-06
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html	2024-08-06
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67	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