W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.12 - Unauthenticated Command Injection
| CVE | CVE-2025-9501 |
|---|---|
| CVSS | 8.1 (High) |
| Publicly Published | October 27, 2025 |
| Last Updated | November 20, 2025 |
| Researcher |
wesley (wcraft)
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Description
The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.12 via _parse_dynamic_mfunc . This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server when comments are enabled and a post has been incorrectly injected with the mfunc tags. Please note we consider this to be a theoretical issue, and as such we rejected the original report from the researcher who then submitted this to WPScan. WPScan assigned a CVE ID, but we do not agree that this is a true security vulnerability. Exploitation of this issue is theoretical and requires gaining access to a secret value much like gaining access to a password.
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Vulnerability Details for W3 Total Cache
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | w3-total-cache (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 2.8.13, or a newer patched version |
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