CVE-2026-87920
The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Output-Buffer Regex Rewrite in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability is only exploitable when the 'Remove query strings from static resources' option is enabled in W3 Total Cache, as mutate_url() must strip the '?' delimiter and everything following it — including the closing quote of the outer attribute — to break the attribute boundary.
Published:Oct 2, 2026
Last Modified:Oct 3, 2026
EPS:Oct 2, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00241
CVSS Score:7.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Boldgrid
Product
W3 Total Cache
Boldgrid
W3 Total Cache
Vendor
Wordpress-extensions
Product
W3 Total Cache
Wordpress-extensions
W3 Total Cache
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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