CVE-2012-6077: W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due to insecure storage of database cache files.

PriorityP356high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

5.38%

91.7th percentile

W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due to insecure storage of database cache files.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
boldgrid	w3_total_cache	< 0.9.2.5	0.9.2.5
w3	total_cache	—	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path/wp-content/w3tc/dbcache/

→HTTP GET request to /wp-content/w3tc/dbcache/ returning status 200 with directory listing indicators ('Index of', 'Parent Directory') confirms exposed database cache files.
→FOFA query can be used to identify internet-exposed WordPress instances with W3 Total Cache dbcache directory references in page body.

·Vulnerability is only exploitable when database caching to disk is enabled in W3 Total Cache; the exposed files contain raw SQL query results including password hashes, emails, and user details.
·Affected versions are W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5; exploitation requires the dbcache directory to lack proper access controls (e.g., no .htaccess deny rule or equivalent). ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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