W3 Total Cache <= 2.7.5 - Sensitive Credentials Stored in Plaintext

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-5359
CVSS Low (3.7)
Publicly Published September 23, 2024
Last Updated September 24, 2024
Researcher Ivan Kuzymchak
Description

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.7.5 via Google OAuth API secrets stored in plaintext in the publicly visible plugin source. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to impersonate W3 Total Cache and gain access to user account information in successful conditions. This would not impact the WordPress users site in any way.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug w3-total-cache (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.5
Patched Version
  • 2.7.6
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