CVE-2025-9501 in the critical feed json
W3 Total Cache < 2.8.13 - Unauthenticated Command Injection
published 11mo ago modified 21d ago also EUVD-2025-197764
- cvss
- 9.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 22.1%
- EPSS 22.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.8.13 is vulnerable to command injection via the _parse_dynamic_mfunc function, allowing unauthenticated users to execute PHP commands by submitting a comment with a malicious payload to a post.
Patch / fix
- Unknown W3 Total Cache 2.8.13
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 11mo ago
Exploit prediction
22.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6697a2c9-63ae-42f0-8931-f2e5d67d45ae/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown W3 Total Cache
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/6697a2c9-63ae-42f0-8931-f2e5d67d45ae/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-9501
- NVD CVE-2025-9501
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