WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 'admin.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

BID:69745

Info

WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 'admin.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 69745
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 08 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 08 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Voxel@Night
Vulnerable: WordPress W3 Total Cache 0.9.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 'admin.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit the cross-site request forgery issue to perform unauthorized actions in the context of a logged-in user of the affected application. This may aid in other attacks.

W3 Total Cache 0.9.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 'admin.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to open a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_general&w3tc_note=enabled_edge

Solution / Fix

WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 'admin.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 'admin.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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