PT-2026-109518 · WordPress · W3 Total Cache
CVSS v3.1
5.4
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
W3 Total Cache versions prior to 2.10.6
Description
The plugin fails to confine media-import file copies to the document root and does not enforce effective file-type restrictions. This allows users with the Author role or higher to plant content that, when processed by an administrator during an import, copies an arbitrary server-readable file into a publicly served directory, making it accessible for unauthenticated retrieval. This issue involves a path traversal, which occurs when an application uses user-supplied input to construct a pathname that includes characters like "../" to access files outside the intended directory.
Recommendations
Update W3 Total Cache to version 2.10.6 or later.
Exploit
Fix
Path traversal
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
W3 Total Cache