CVE-2026-120019 (GCVE-0-2026-120019)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-31 06:44 – Updated: 2026-11-01 17:44
VLAI
Title
W3 Total Cache <= 2.10.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable Minify Placeholder
Summary
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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-11-01 17:34 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2380 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
boldgrid W3 Total Cache Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.10.7 (semver)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Santh
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