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Critical · 9.0 Public exploit CVE-2025-9501 EUVD-2025-197764GHSA-wx46-pc78-pqhq

W3 Total Cache < 2.8.13 - Unauthenticated Command Injection

Published Nov 17, 2025 · Updated Nov 17, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.8.13 is vulnerable to command injection via the _parse_dynamic_mfunc function, allowing unauthenticated users to execute PHP commands by submitting a comment with a malicious payload to a post.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— W3 Total Cache < 2.8.13 2.8.13

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

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