CVE-2014-9414

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.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.html	Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html	Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/61562
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352
https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/	Vendor Advisory
http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.html	Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html	Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/61562
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352
https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-12-24 18:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-9414

Mitre link : CVE-2014-9414

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-9414

JSON object : View

Products Affected

boldgrid

w3_total_cache

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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