CVE-2024-12006 Missing authorization in W3 Total Cache
Unauthenticated attackers can deactivate the W3 Total Cache plugin and its extensions due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12006?
CVE-2024-12006 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in boldgrid W3 Total Cache, published on 14 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate the plugin as well as activate and deactivate plugin extensions.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12006?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Boldgrid W3 Total Cache.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12006?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-12006 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12006 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in boldgrid W3 Total Cache
- CVE-2024-12365 W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Server-Side Request Forgery
- CVE-2012-6077 Information disclosure in Total Cache
- CVE-2012-6078 Information disclosure in Total Cache
- CVE-2012-6079 Information disclosure in Total Cache
- CVE-2019-6715 Path traversal in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qjr6-x22w-558c.