CVE-2014-9414

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9414
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-24 18:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Boldgrid W3 Total Cache All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security update · wp-plugins/w3-total-cache@9a1cc9f · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
W3 Total Cache 0.9.4 Cross Site Request Forgery ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
Mazin's Ahmed Blog: W3 Total Cache's W3TotalFail Vulnerability That Leads to Full Deface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mazinahmed1.blogspot.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Full Disclosure: W3TotalFail: W3 Total Cache v 0.9.4 CSRF Vulnerability that Leads to Full Deface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA61562 - WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
WordPress › W3 Total Cache « WordPress Plugins af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Vendor Advisory
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