CVE-2014-8724

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress, when debug mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Cache key" in the HTML-Comments, as demonstrated by the PATH_INFO to the default URI.

Published: 2014-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8724 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-8724

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8724

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.35% 2.05% +1.71%
2 2026-05-27 0.50% 0.35% -0.15%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.50% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8724

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8724

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8724

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
boldgrid w3_total_cache <= 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8724

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