CVE-2024-12365
moderate-risk
Published 2025-01-14
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.
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18.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 82% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (14)
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/196e629f-7c77-4bcb-822...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
29/34 · Critical
Exploitability
13/34 · Low
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal