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W3 Total Cache Detection

ID: wordpress-w3-total-cache

Severity: info

Author: ricardomaia

Tags: tech,wordpress,wp-plugin,top-100,top-200

id: wordpress-w3-total-cache
info:
name: W3 Total Cache Detection
author: ricardomaia
severity: info
reference:
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
metadata:
plugin_namespace: w3-total-cache
wpscan: https://wpscan.com/plugin/w3-total-cache
tags: tech,wordpress,wp-plugin,top-100,top-200
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/readme.txt"
payloads:
last_version: helpers/wordpress/plugins/w3-total-cache.txt
extractors:
- type: regex
part: body
internal: true
name: internal_detected_version
group: 1
regex:
- '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'
- type: regex
part: body
name: detected_version
group: 1
regex:
- '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'
matchers-condition: or
matchers:
- type: dsl
name: "outdated_version"
dsl:
- compare_versions(internal_detected_version, concat("< ", last_version))
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'
# digest: 490a0046304402202333d1f538e712143df2c77dad17ed71316e95dd508837236fd64653b6bce748022045a09ac789cdf83f2abc9d86d8af507ee407b1bd9608b587c01cb435c5b30d24:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/technologies/wordpress/plugins/w3-total-cache.yaml"

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