Description

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1 through the publicly exposed debug log file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information in the exposed log file. For example, the log file may contain nonce values that can be used in further CSRF attacks.
Note: the debug feature must be enabled for this to be a concern, and it is disabled by default.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12008

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.3

Affected Products

Vendor: boldgrid

Product: W3 Total Cache

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 30.66% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-12 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8292f23c-fb17-4082-9788-f643d1bb097e?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Util_Environment.php#L430
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Util_Debug.php#L29

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