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Information disclosure race condition in W3 Total Cache WordPress Plugin


From: Summer of Pwnage <lists () securify nl>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:15:28 +0100

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Information disclosure race condition in W3 Total Cache WordPress Plugin
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Sipke Mellema, July 2016

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Abstract
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An information disclosure vulnerability was found in the W3 Total Cache
plugin. This issue allows an attacker to hijack sensitive information,
such as the administrator's session cookie. Exploiting the vulnerability
is possible during a short period of time when an administrator submits
the support form.

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OVE ID
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OVE-20160724-0002

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Tested versions
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This issue was successfully tested on the W3 Total Cache WordPress
Plugin version 0.9.4.1.

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Fix
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This issue is resolved in W3 Total Cache version 0.9.5.

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Details
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https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/information_disclosure_race_condition_in_w3_total_cache_wordpress_plugin.html

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