CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-9282
The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.4 via the setupSources function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. Exploitation requires enabling manual minify mode and supplying a manual-format minify filename so that the hash is empty and the f_array[] entries are not overwritten before reaching setupSources().
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"W3 Total Cache","vendor":"boldgrid","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.9.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.9.4/Minify_MinifiedFileRequestHandler.php#L191"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.9.4/Minify_Plugin.php#L132"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.9.4/lib/Minify/Minify/Controller/MinApp.php#L109"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.9.4/lib/Minify/Minify/Controller/MinApp.php#L163"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3585227%40w3-total-cache&new=3585227%40w3-total-cache"}
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e92cc06d-006f-4bba-a4ef-b23d80c00085?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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