TI-2014-07641 Aliases CVE-2014-9414 GHSA-3gcq-r7g8-xfvf

The W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress does not properly handle empty…

LOW 33CWE-352Published 2014-12-24 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

The W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress does not properly handle empty nonces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the mobile site redirect URI via the mobile_groups[*][redirect] parameter and an empty _wpnonce parameter in the w3tc_mobile page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01357 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache::::::wordpress::*	up to 0.9.4	Vulnerable	BoldGrid

cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 0.9.4 Vulnerable ·BoldGrid

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-9414
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3gcq-r7g8-xfvf

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 1

https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/

Other 1

https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15

TI-2013-01782 WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 0.9.2.8 has a Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-04758 pub/sns.php in the W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4 for WordPress allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-11141 W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 Information Exposure via Log Files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-11471 W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Server-Side Request Forgery CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
TI-2012-05043 Information disclosure in W3 Total Cache CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2012-05042 Information disclosure in W3 Total Cache CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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