CVE-2014-8724
N/A
Published: December 19, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorW3 Total Cache
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
W3 Total Cache· Boldgridwordpress-plugin
95%v ≤ 0.9.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threadedx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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