CVE-2024-12365 W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Server-Side Request Forgery
Authenticated subscribers can exploit missing authorization to perform Server-Side Request Forgery, accessing internal services and cloud metadata.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12365?
CVE-2024-12365 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in boldgrid W3 Total Cache, published on 14 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the is_w3tc_admin_page function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to obtain the plugin's nonce value and perform unauthorized actions, resulting in information disclosure, service plan limits consumption as well as making web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application that can be used to query information from internal services, including instance metadata on cloud-based applications.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12365?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Boldgrid W3 Total Cache.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12365?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12365 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2024-12365 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12365 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in boldgrid W3 Total Cache
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q5v-hcvj-3v9v.