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CVE-2024-12006

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate the plugin as well as activate and deactivate plugin extensions.

Published

2025-01-14T07:15:25.633

Last Modified

2025-01-16T21:30:14.640

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-862

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	boldgrid	w3_total_cache	< 2.8.2	Yes

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Extensions_Plugin_Admin.php#L186 Patch ([email protected])
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Extensions_Plugin_Admin.php#L220 Patch ([email protected])
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Extensions_Plugin_Admin.php#L60 Patch ([email protected])
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Extensions_Plugin_Admin.php#L63 Patch ([email protected])
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php#L212 Patch ([email protected])
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/329ad5dc-9339-4540-aba3-f21a78a74d4b?source=cve Third Party Advisory ([email protected])