CVE-2014-9414
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.36% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- boldgrid/w3 total cache
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61562
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352
- https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/Vendor Advisory
- http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61562
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352
- https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.