CVE-2023-5359

W3 Total Cache <= 2.7.5 - Sensitive Credentials Stored in Plaintext

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

boldgrid · W3 Total Cache

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE

3.7 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile

Published

2024-09-24

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• spyata123/Cleartext-Storage-vulnerability-CVE-2023-5359-in-W3-Total-Cache0★ · 2025-03-11

Security advisories

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d89a534-978e-4fd8-be3a-5137bdc…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156426/w3-total-cache/tags/2.7.6/PageSpeed_…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/trunk/PageSpeed_Api.php#L39

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-2010
• CVE-2023-3128
• CVE-2024-12008