The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.10.6 does not confine a media-import file copy to the document root, nor enforce an effective file-type restriction on it, allowing users with the Author role or higher to plant content that, once an administrator runs the import, copies an arbitrary server-readable file into a publicly served directory, exposing it to unauthenticated retrieval.
History

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions w3 Total Cache
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions w3 Total Cache

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Weaknesses CWE-20

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-22

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Description The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.10.6 does not confine a media-import file copy to the document root, nor enforce an effective file-type restriction on it, allowing users with the Author role or higher to plant content that, once an administrator runs the import, copies an arbitrary server-readable file into a publicly served directory, exposing it to unauthenticated retrieval.
Title W3 Total Cache < 2.10.6 - Author+ Path Traversal via CDN Media Library Import
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-10T06:00:09.213Z

Updated: 2026-10-10T12:06:41.538Z

Reserved: 2026-10-07T17:35:55.533Z

Link: CVE-2026-107321

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-10T12:02:17.051Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-10T06:16:41.017

Modified: 2026-10-13T20:36:00.850

Link: CVE-2026-107321

cve-icon Redhat

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