Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2024-12365

Q: Is CVE-2024-12365 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-12365 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.8% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-12365?

CVE-2024-12365 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2025-01-14
Fixed in2.8.2
WeaknessCWE-862

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the is_w3tc_admin_page function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to obtain the plugin's nonce value and perform unauthorized actions, resulting in information disclosure, service plan limits consumption as well as making web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application that can be used to query information from internal services, including instance metadata on cloud-based applications.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2025-01-1407:15CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-12365?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-12365?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Boldgrid w3 total cache

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2.8	< 2.8.2	2.8.2	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Update Boldgrid w3 total cache to 2.8.2

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: 1 repository, unverifiedspyata123/W3TotalChache

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-01-14
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 3.18.5read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-862read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.8 %2026-10-22
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Published: 2025-01-14
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12365?

Is CVE-2024-12365 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-12365 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.8% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-12365?

CVE-2024-12365 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

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