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

Fixed in 2.10.6

References

Classification

Type
TRAVERSAL
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes

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)

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