Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-8724

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.

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Affected products

Boldgrid/W3 Total Cache
cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=0.9.4
WordPress/W3 Total Cachellm-fuzzy
Range: <0.9.4.1
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache

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References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/129626/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlnvdExploit
www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2014-01.txtnvdExploit
wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534266/100/0/threadednvd

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