CVE-2025-9501

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
ProductW3 Total Cache
PublishedNov 17, 2025
First seenNov 17, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • W3 Total Cache2.8.13 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
W3 Total Cachev < 2.8.132.8.13

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