CVE-2014-8724 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2014-12-19

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8556	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00473.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/
https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Boldgrid W3 Total Cache

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-12-19T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.583Z

Reserved: 2014-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8724

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-19T15:59:11.173

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8724

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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