Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-9414
CVE-2014-9414
Description
The W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress does not properly handle empty nonces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the mobile site redirect URI via the mobile_groups[*][redirect] parameter and an empty _wpnonce parameter in the w3tc_mobile page to wp-admin/admin.php.
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Affected products
2- Range: <0.9.4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.htmlnvdExploit
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlnvdExploit
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67nvdExploit
- wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/61562nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352nvd
- github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28ddnvd
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