CVE - CVE-2014-9414

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9414	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4.1 for WordPress does not properly handle empty nonces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the mobile site redirect URI via the mobile_groups[*][redirect] parameter and an empty _wpnonce parameter in the w3tc_mobile page to wp-admin/admin.php.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20141216 W3TotalFail: W3 Total Cache v 0.9.4 CSRF Vulnerability that Leads to Full Deface URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534250/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:https://github.com/wp-plugins/w3-total-cache/commit/9a1cc9f70558282e135eb3120d271448c75b28dd#diff-86a10b31ab115483fe8111bedac14d15 CONFIRM:https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/changelog/ FULLDISC:20141216 W3TotalFail: W3 Total Cache v 0.9.4 CSRF Vulnerability that Leads to Full Deface URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/67 MISC:http://mazinahmed1.blogspot.com/2014/12/w3-total-caches-w3totalfail.html MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129512/W3-Total-Cache-0.9.4-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html SECUNIA:61562 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/61562 XF:w3totalcache-wordpress-wpnonce-csrf(99352) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99352
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20141224	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141224)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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