WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
W3 Total Cache <= 0.9.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Description
The plugin does not validate the '_wpnonce' anti-CSRF token. This issue can be used to perform many actions. The most significant action with the biggest impact is the ability to redirect users to malicious websites.
Functionality exists where specific user agent strings can be configured to be redirected to other destinations. By abusing this feature with CSRF it is possible to add a user agent string that will redirect users to a malicious site.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
CSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE
Miscellaneous
Submitter
Mazin Ahmed
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2014-12-12 (about 11 years ago)
Added
2014-12-12 (about 11 years ago)
Last Updated
2026-04-13 (about 1 month ago)