Information disclosure in W3 Total Cache
Priority LOW 37CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 generates hash keys insecurely which allows remote attackers to predict the values of the hashes.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02318 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-6078
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pmq6-p5mj-fpqq
References
More W3 vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-00303 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in W3C Amaya Web Browser 10.0 and 11.0 allow remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2025-01533 XML external entity injection in w3c CSS Validator CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2023-14210 An issue in the component hang.wasm of WebAssembly 1.0 causes an infinite loop. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2009-01145 Stack-based buffer overflow in W3C Amaya Web Browser 11.1 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2016-07753 EpubCheck 4.0.1 is vulnerable to external XML entity processing attacks CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2012-05043 Information disclosure in W3 Total Cache CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2012-6078 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-6078 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pmq6-p5mj-fpqq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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