CVE-2012-6077
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due...
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due to insecure storage of database cache files.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due to insecure storage of database cache files.
- Record
CVE-2012-6077- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due to insecure storage of database cache files.
- Record
CVE-2012-6077- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5951 No score
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due to insecure storage of database cache files.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5951- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-624v-rq3v-wr69
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due...
W3 Total Cache before 0.9.2.5 allows remote attackers to retrieve password hash information due to insecure storage of database cache files.
- Record
GHSA-624v-rq3v-wr69- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-6077 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Boldgrid W3 Total Cache, published November 22, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.13%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6077
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/3
checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2013/cpai-24-oct2.html
w3-edge.com/weblog/2013/01/security-w3-total-cache-0-9-2-4
acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-w3-total-cache-plugin-predictable-cache-filenames
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6077
github.com/advisories/GHSA-624v-rq3v-wr69