W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 Information Exposure via Log Files

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-12008
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 13, 2025
Last Updated January 14, 2025
Researcher villu164
Description

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1 through the publicly exposed debug log file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information in the exposed log file. For example, the log file may contain nonce values that can be used in further CSRF attacks. Note: the debug feature must be enabled for this to be a concern, and it is disabled by default.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug w3-total-cache (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.8.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.1
Patched Version
  • 2.8.2
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