Title: WordPress Remote Exploit &#8211; W3 Total Cache?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress Remote Exploit – W3 Total Cache?

 *  Resolved [scott swan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scotttswan/)
 * (@scotttswan)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remote-exploit-w3-total-cache/)
 * heads up
 * [http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/242](http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/242)
 * Protect those directories.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/w3-total-cache/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1041806)
 * [W3 Total Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [exploit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/exploit/)
 * [W3TC](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/w3tc/)
 * [wp-content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-content/)

 * 0 replies
 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [scott swan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scotttswan/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remote-exploit-w3-total-cache/)
 * Status: resolved