CVE-2014-8724
WordPress W3 Total Cache Debug Mode XSS
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 19, 2014, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:19 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
May. 26, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:w3edge:total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 0.9.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 0.9.4 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 19, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:w3edge:total_cache:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/ Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt No Types Assigned https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt Exploit Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit Added CWE CWE-79 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 19, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.25 }} 0.00%
score
0.60792
percentile