CVE-2024-12008

W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 Information Exposure via Log Files

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1 through the publicly exposed debug log file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information in the exposed log file. For example, the log file may contain nonce values that can be used in further CSRF attacks. Note: the debug feature must be enabled for this to be a concern, and it is disabled by default.

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

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

EPSS

2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 83rd percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-532

Published

2025-01-14

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• spyata123/CVE-2024-12008-information-exposure-vulnerability-in-W3-Total-Cache0★ · 2025-03-11

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-12008.yaml

Security advisories

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8292f23c-fb17-4082-9788-f643d1b…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Util_Debug.php#L29
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.8.0/Util_Environment.php…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-2010
• CVE-2023-3128
• CVE-2023-5359