Critical severity9.0NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-9501

Description

The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.8.13 is vulnerable to command injection via the _parse_dynamic_mfunc function, allowing unauthenticated users to execute PHP commands by submitting a comment with a malicious payload to a post.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

WordPress/W3 Total Cacheinferred
Range: <2.8.13
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache
Boldgrid/W3 Total Cachellm-fuzzy
Range: < 2.8.13

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/6697a2c9-63ae-42f0-8931-f2e5d67d45ae/nvd

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