What is CVE-2024-12006?

CVE-2024-12006 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boldgrid W3 Total Cache, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-12006?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12006 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Boldgrid W3 Total Cache

CVE-2024-12006

The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate the plugin as well as activate and deactivate plugin extensions.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-01-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (44.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Boldgrid W3 Total Cache — versions 0
Boldgrid W3 Total Cache

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12006?: CVE-2024-12006 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boldgrid W3 Total Cache, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-12006?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12006 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.