CVE-2025-9501: W3 Total Cache 0 to before 2.8.13

CVE-2025-9501. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.0 (CRITICAL, Source advisory). EPSS 0.22631 (percentile 0.977), scored 17-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

W3 Total Cache · 0 to before 2.8.13
Vendor not specified by the source

Description’s affected range: before 2.8.13

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Unauthenticated users can execute PHP commands by submitting a comment with a malicious payload to a post. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.0/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 19-Oct-2026 14:02 UTC

CCR priority: 41.7 /100 (P3)
CVSS 3.1: 9.0 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.22631 · percentile 0.977 · 2026-10-17
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 14:02:10.907757+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-9501.html