PoC released for W3 Total Cache Vulnerability that Exposes 1+ Million Websites to RCE Attacks

Cybersecuritynews •Abinaya • November 24, 2025

A proof-of-concept exploit has been publicly released for CVE-2025-9501, a critical, unauthenticated command-injection vulnerability affecting W3 Total Cache, one of WordPress’s most widely deployed caching plugins. With over 1 million active installations, the vulnerability poses a significant risk to countless websites worldwide. RCE Security discovers that the flaw exists in W3 Total Cache’s dynamic content […]

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W3 Total Cache Vulnerability Exposes Over 1 Million WordPress Sites to RCE A critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9501, has been identified in the W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress, affecting over one million active installations. The flaw allows unauthenticated command injection, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable websites. A proof-of-concept exploit has been publicly released, increasing the urgency for site owners to apply security updates. 7 sources 38

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