# W3 Total Cache

> Search Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `w3-total-cache`
- Author: BoldGrid
- Version: 2.11.0
- Active installs: 900,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-20 (17 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.0, PHP 7.4
- Tags: caching, cdn, Optimize, pagespeed, performance
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 17 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Breaking ↔ Smooth.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-31 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content Cached as HTML after License Expiry (up to 2.10.7). CVE-2026-111254, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0169909e-c6cd-4d08-8301-5e09fce4429c?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-31 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable Minify Placeholder (up to 2.10.7). CVE-2026-120019, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3a14a537-64e7-415b-be8e-a3a9377fd20d?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-24 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.10.7). CVE-2026-114178, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/63d8c188-5126-461f-9e90-5c0edfc006a9?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-10 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Author+) Path Traversal (up to 2.10.5). CVE-2026-107321, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d92cc7e-2946-45de-b245-2a12c9b567fd?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-02 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content (up to 2.10.6). CVE-2026-87920, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34bd7c32-f4c5-4015-909a-e4730f35494b?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-05 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via LazyLoad Background Mutator (up to 2.10.5). CVE-2026-78438, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5580ad05-af50-4899-9cbf-39ad8000eb6a?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-19 HIGH: Unauthenticated Path Traversal (before 2.10.5). CVE-2026-18051, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9586c39-3018-449f-8e03-3c5920438092?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-14 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author Name (up to 2.10.3). CVE-2026-18109, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16ac73ae-6a0a-4c9b-8830-e0745061e587?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-06 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Path Traversal (up to 2.10.2). CVE-2026-66695, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/60878165-d4cc-4ea1-acf7-9bb6fd48795b?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-11 HIGH: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via 'f_array[]' Parameter (up to 2.9.4). CVE-2026-9282, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e92cc06d-006f-4bba-a4ef-b23d80c00085?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-02 HIGH: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Code Execution (up to 2.9.4). CVE-2026-57623, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b360f121-449f-43a8-b5e4-1cffddbaac77?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-17 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 2.9.1). CVE-2026-39595, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8441e5f2-cff0-4f6c-a584-861650f5a121?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-01 HIGH: Unauthenticated Security Token Exposure via User-Agent Header (up to 2.9.3). CVE-2026-5032, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a65eb62d-847b-4f3a-848b-1290e3118c01?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-24 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Code Execution (up to 2.9.1). CVE-2026-27384, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4ff4114-c1ed-47df-9e7c-f34f1a422ffe?source=api-prod
- 2025-10-27 HIGH: Unauthenticated Command Injection (up to 2.8.12). CVE-2025-9501, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cd8f7da-86d4-4e58-8ce8-f1d147fdcdcc?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-13 HIGH: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 2.8.1). CVE-2024-12365, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/196e629f-7c77-4bcb-8224-305a0108b630?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-13 MEDIUM: W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Deactivation and Extensions Activation/Deactivation (up to 2.8.1). CVE-2024-12006, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/329ad5dc-9339-4540-aba3-f21a78a74d4b?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-13 MEDIUM: W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 Information Exposure via Log Files (up to 2.8.1). CVE-2024-12008, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8292f23c-fb17-4082-9788-f643d1bb097e?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-23 LOW: Sensitive Credentials Stored in Plaintext (up to 2.7.5). CVE-2023-5359, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d89a534-978e-4fd8-be3a-5137bdc22dc9?source=api-prod
- 2022-06-20 HIGH: Information Exposure (up to 2.2.2). CVE-2022-31090, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2a4b5bb-d3c9-42e0-8714-ae75069c7c3a?source=api-prod
- 2021-06-28 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via extension (before 2.1.4). CVE-2021-24436, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abbf1bb8-16db-48b6-b2ff-d828fcb7f7c7?source=api-prod
- 2021-06-28 HIGH: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via extension (0.5 to 2.1.4). CVE-2021-24452, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4d421df-310b-4a83-b521-c0d00045df52?source=api-prod
- 2021-06-16 MEDIUM: W3 Total Cache <= 2.1.2 Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 2.1.3). CVE-2021-24427, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d9cf724-9ae7-4414-88d1-10640491df34?source=api-prod
- 2020-12-22 HIGH: File Read / Directory Traversal (0.9.2.6 to 0.9.3). CVE-2019-6715, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b34dd60-359c-44a0-9e47-dc8c4e66b50e?source=api-prod
- 2020-09-22 HIGH: Password Hash Extraction (up to 0.9.2.4). CVE-2012-6077, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00599865-9091-46e1-b2a9-78cbd10f6f22?source=api-prod
- 2020-09-22 HIGH: Sensitive Information Exposure (up to 0.9.2.4). CVE-2012-6079, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/110f4ca6-3e59-4348-bb45-6e5fcfa81491?source=api-prod
- 2020-09-22 HIGH: Insecure Cryptography to Sensitive Information Disclosure (up to 0.9.2.4). CVE-2012-6078, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/836bac94-fd74-4ef9-a79b-4ea13de8f44f?source=api-prod
- 2019-05-22 MEDIUM: Server Side Request Forgery (up to 0.9.7.3). WF-b19ce745-2cc4-48eb-b5f3-5011be7cceec, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b19ce745-2cc4-48eb-b5f3-5011be7cceec?source=api-prod
- 2019-05-07 MEDIUM: Improper Input Validation via openssl_verify (up to 0.9.7.3). WF-b002d1a1-a536-4865-b263-594390941ed4, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b002d1a1-a536-4865-b263-594390941ed4?source=api-prod
- 2019-05-07 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 0.9.7.3). WF-d20eb274-e578-445f-95f4-5e677d9ad7f3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d20eb274-e578-445f-95f4-5e677d9ad7f3?source=api-prod
- 2016-11-10 HIGH: Weak validation of Amazon SNS push messages (up to 0.9.4.1). WF-9373c82d-15a8-495a-8290-1b85c096f7e5, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9373c82d-15a8-495a-8290-1b85c096f7e5?source=api-prod
- 2016-10-31 HIGH: Server-Side Request Forgery leading to Host Information Disclosure (up to 0.9.4). WF-b09c6da0-14d8-4e44-95bd-b5b6b0df97e9, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b09c6da0-14d8-4e44-95bd-b5b6b0df97e9?source=api-prod
- 2016-09-26 LOW: Security Token Bypass via Type Juggling (up to 0.9.4.1). WF-a07bc541-2113-43db-acdf-9ecb00dd50e9, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a07bc541-2113-43db-acdf-9ecb00dd50e9?source=api-prod
- 2016-09-26 HIGH: Arbitrary File Upload (up to 0.9.4.1). WF-c187ed25-6ba7-4a58-97df-5fea723d485a, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c187ed25-6ba7-4a58-97df-5fea723d485a?source=api-prod
- 2016-09-26 MEDIUM: Authenticated Arbitrary File Download (up to 0.9.4.1). WF-ddd2c5d9-6489-4154-a494-20392f435bc6, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddd2c5d9-6489-4154-a494-20392f435bc6?source=api-prod
- 2016-09-26 HIGH: Arbitrary Code Execution via settings import (up to 0.9.4.1). WF-eb367998-5c5c-4c4d-81cb-519023f028e6, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eb367998-5c5c-4c4d-81cb-519023f028e6?source=api-prod
- 2016-07-29 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting via request_id (up to 0.9.4.1). WF-3b8282a2-8265-4fa0-b137-6272b9e44fc3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b8282a2-8265-4fa0-b137-6272b9e44fc3?source=api-prod
- 2014-12-16 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 0.9.4). CVE-2014-8724, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71114965-c8e3-4f2f-b308-f75adc7f2d31?source=api-prod
- 2014-12-10 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 0.9.4). CVE-2014-9414, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a910fd44-4de1-41e8-8da2-d72a2f835797?source=api-prod
- 2014-09-08 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 0.9.4). WF-84227fd2-c322-45e3-82cd-70e1d870eceb, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84227fd2-c322-45e3-82cd-70e1d870eceb?source=api-prod
- 2014-08-01 CRITICAL: Remote Code Execution (up to 0.9.2.8). CVE-2013-2010, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f9a6fc2-0375-480e-8c42-c6b97613bf68?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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