WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
W3 Total Cache < 2.10.6 - Author+ Path Traversal via CDN Media Library Import
Description
The plugin does not confine a media-import file copy to the document root, nor enforce an effective file-type restriction on it, allowing users with the Author role or higher to plant content that, once an administrator runs the import, copies an arbitrary server-readable file into a publicly served directory, exposing it to unauthenticated retrieval.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
TRAVERSAL
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-08 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-08 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-08 (about 1 day ago)