CVE-2025-9501 in the critical feed json
W3 Total Cache < 2.8.13 - Unauthenticated Command Injection
published 2025-11-17 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2025-197764
- cvss
- 9.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 22.1%
- EPSS 22.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Unknown W3 Total Cache 2.8.13
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 11 mo ago
Exploit prediction
22.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6697a2c9-63ae-42f0-8931-f2e5d67d45ae/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown W3 Total Cache
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/6697a2c9-63ae-42f0-8931-f2e5d67d45ae/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-9501
- NVD CVE-2025-9501
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.