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CVE-2023-5359 Detail

Description

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.7.5 via Google OAuth API secrets stored in plaintext in the publicly visible plugin source. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to impersonate W3 Total Cache and gain access to user account information in successful conditions. This would not impact the WordPress users site in any way.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/trunk/PageSpeed_Api.php#L39 Product 
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156426/w3-total-cache/tags/2.7.6/PageSpeed_Api.php Patch 
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d89a534-978e-4fd8-be3a-5137bdc22dc9?source=cve Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Wordfence  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-5359
NVD Published Date:
09/24/2024
NVD Last Modified:
09/30/2024
Source:
Wordfence