CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-5359

7.5 HIGH Published 2024-09-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-09-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
3.7 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-312

Description

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.7.5 via Google OAuth API secrets stored in plaintext in the publicly visible plugin source. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to impersonate W3 Total Cache and gain access to user account information in successful conditions. This would not impact the WordPress users site in any way.

Affected configurations

• boldgrid w3 total cache (< 2.7.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness

References