W3 Total Cache

{
    "slug": "w3-total-cache",
    "author_slug": "boldgrid",
    "burst_start": "2026-03-31 19:37:48",
    "burst_end": "2026-03-31 20:53:50",
    "burst_commits": 12,
    "burst_window_minutes": 90,
    "tenure_days": 504,
    "distinct_messages": 4,
    "avg_message_length": 24.2,
    "top_message": "New tag",
    "top_message_count": 4,
    "prt_revert": null,
    "explanation": "Established author committed 12 revisions inside a 90-minute window with low-entropy commit messages. Pattern matches the June 2024 wp.org credential-stuffing wave shape; bumped to critical when followed by a wp.org Plugin Review Team revert within 7 days."
}

{
    "slug": "w3-total-cache",
    "pattern": "unserialize_after_remote_call",
    "kind": "builtin",
    "version": "2.9.4",
    "hit_count": 2,
    "first_hit": {
        "file": "lib/Minify/Minify/Cache/File.php",
        "line": 148,
        "snippet": "L146: $data = @file_get_contents($path . '_meta');  \u2192  L148: $data = @unserialize($data);"
    },
    "explanation": "a remote HTTP fetch (`wp_remote_*`/`curl_exec`/`file_get_contents`) is followed by `@unserialize` within the same file \u2014 classic PHP Object Injection C2 gadget used by EP and most WP supply-chain backdoors. The error-suppressed form is the tell: legit code wants to know when deserialize fails; attackers suppress so malformed gadgets do not leak."
}

{
    "slug": "w3-total-cache",
    "previous_version": "2.9.4",
    "current_version": "2.9.4",
    "new_findings": [
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            "pattern": "unserialize_after_remote_call",
            "kind": "builtin",
            "file": "lib/Minify/Minify/Cache/File.php",
            "line": 148,
            "snippet": "L146: $data = @file_get_contents($path . '_meta');  \u2192  L148: $data = @unserialize($data);",
            "confidence": "high"
        },
        {
            "pattern": "unserialize_after_remote_call",
            "kind": "builtin",
            "file": "lib/Minify/Minify/Cache/File.php",
            "line": 295,
            "snippet": "L291: $data = @file_get_contents($full_path);  \u2192  L295: $data = @unserialize($data);",
            "confidence": "high"
        }
    ],
    "new_finding_count": 2
}