VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8724
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…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.05%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.05%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.05% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- boldgrid/w3 total cache
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txtExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txtExploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.