CVE-2026-5032

W3 Total Cache <= 2.9.3 - Unauthenticated Security Token Exposure via User-Agent Header

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 2, 2026 at 07:39 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorW3 Total Cache

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.3. This is due to the plugin bypassing its entire output buffering and processing pipeline when the request's User-Agent header contains "W3 Total Cache", which causes raw mfunc/mclude dynamic fragment HTML comments — including the W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY security token — to be rendered in the page source. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to discover the value of the W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY constant by sending a crafted User-Agent header to any page that contains developer-placed dynamic fragment tags, granted the site has the fragment caching feature enabled.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

60%
v ≤ 2.9.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-200

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