BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-11-17

Last updated on: 2025-11-18

Assigner: WPScan

Description

The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.8.13 is vulnerable to command injection via the _parse_dynamic_mfunc function, allowing unauthenticated users to execute PHP commands by submitting a comment with a malicious payload to a post.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-17

Last Modified

2025-11-18

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-17

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-9501

EUVD

EUVD-2025-197764

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wordpress	w3_total_cache	*

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in the W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin versions before 2.8.13. It is a command injection flaw in the _parse_dynamic_mfunc function that allows unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP commands by submitting a comment containing a malicious payload to a post.

Impact Analysis

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP code on the affected server without authentication. This can lead to full compromise of the website, including data theft, defacement, or further attacks on the hosting environment.

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