WP Super Cache <= 1.8 - Unauthenticated Cache Poisoning

2022-10-03 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.9

Affected PluginWP Super Cache

Affected Version<= 1.8

CVSS6.5Medium

CVEN/A

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Super Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Cache Poisoning in versions up to, and including, 1.8. This is due to insufficient parsing of URLs containing double slashes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to poison the site's cache potentially resulting in harmful content being served to visitors.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-349 (Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data) The product, when processing trusted data, accepts any untrusted data that is also included with the trusted data, treating the untrusted data as if it were trusted.

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/505edcf7-7015-453e-abd2-e2cd68a3a9f6

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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