CVE-2026-120019
CVE-2026-120019
The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires HTML Minify to be enabled with the default 'mfunc' entry present in the ignored-comment stems list, and exploitation depends on the attacker predicting the md5(time()) placeholder namespace by reading the server clock via the HTTP Date response header within the applicable time window.
Fixes and workarounds
No remediation reported in collected sources.
Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.
Affected products and versions
No affected-product ranges reported in collected sources.
CVSS assessments
| Version / score | Vector | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1 / 5.4 medium |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD: [email protected] |
Exploit evidence
No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.
References
- https://github.com/BoldGrid/w3-total-cache/commit/35c6896332aff6b41888db0595cf09b4c98c814c[email protected]
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.10.7/Minify_Plugin.php#L625[email protected]
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.10.7/lib/Minify/Minify/IgnoredCommentPreserver.php#L10[email protected]
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.10.7/lib/Minify/Minify/IgnoredCommentPreserver.php#L25[email protected]
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3757452/w3-total-cache/trunk/lib/Minify/Minify/IgnoredCommentPreserver.php[email protected]
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3a14a537-64e7-415b-be8e-a3a9377fd20d?source=cve[email protected]