CVE-2014-8724

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress, when debug mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Cache key" in the HTML-Comments, as demonstrated by the PATH_INFO to the default URI.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-8724

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2014-12-19T15:59:11

Last Modified Date
2018-10-09T19:54:30

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:w3edge:total_cache::::::wordpress::*	1	OR		0.9.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	Exploit
https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txt	Exploit
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8724
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8724

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:34:38				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 02:47:48	2014-12-19T15:59Z	2014-12-19T15:59:11	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 02:47:48		2018-10-09T19:54:30	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 02:47:48		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated