W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Server-Side Request Forgery
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the is_w3tc_admin_page function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to obtain the plugin's nonce value and perform unauthorized actions, resulting in information disclosure, service plan limits consumption as well as making web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application that can be used to query information from internal services, including instance metadata on cloud-based applications.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12365
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9q5v-hcvj-3v9v
References
Patch 13
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/w3-total-cache.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Root_Loader.php#L269
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php#L385
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php#L516
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Util_Admin.php#L822
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/inc/options/common/top_nav_bar.php#L217
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/inc/options/common/footer.php#L49
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Extensions_Plugin_Admin.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Extensions_Plugin_Admin.php#L246
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Extension_ImageService_Plugin_Admin.php#L200
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/UsageStatistics_Plugin_Admin.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/UsageStatistics_Plugin_Admin.php#L94
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- TI-2024-11141 W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 Information Exposure via Log Files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- 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
- TI-2012-05041 Information disclosure in W3 Total Cache CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-12365 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-12365 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9q5v-hcvj-3v9v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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