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CVE-2014-9414

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-9414 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from boldgrid organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-12-24T18:59:11.073

Last Modified

2026-06-17T00:18:19.050

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	boldgrid	w3_total_cache	≤ 0.9.4	Yes

References

http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67 Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61562 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352 ([email protected])
https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15 ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61562 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For boldgrid's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.