01 Record
CVE-2026-18109
W3 Total Cache <= 2.10.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author Name
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score7.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
W3 Total Cache <= 2.10.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author Name
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-14.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-14 02:25Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-14 10:45Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-28
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f9fef02bf4e8c241837cc23c7ab296bd0ad2af2671f872c79119814f240a87d3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16ac73ae-6a0a-4c9b-8830-e0745061e587?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.10.2/UserExperience_LazyLoad_Mutator.php#L162
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.10.2/UserExperience_LazyLoad_Mutator.php#L85
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.10.2/UserExperience_LazyLoad_Plugin.php#L116
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/w3-total-cache/tags/2.10.2/UserExperience_LazyLoad_Mutator.php#L403
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3635675%40w3-total-cache%2Ftags%2F2.10.4&old=3625062%40w3-total-cache%2Ftags%2F2.10.3
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3635675/w3-total-cache/trunk/UserExperience_LazyLoad_Mutator.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fw3-total-cache/tags/2.10.3&new_path=%2Fw3-total-cache/tags/2.10.4