Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2014· Updated May 6, 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.

Affected products

Boldgrid/W3 Total Cache
cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=0.9.4

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

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

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.000
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000