WordPress plugin · wp-super-cache
Is WP Super Cache safe?
Safe on 3.1.4 or newer.
The current version, 3.1.4, is past every affected range on record (2 of 2 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 2
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 3.1.4
- Last updated
- Sep 30, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Jun 1, 2021WP Super Cache: Did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settingsCVE-2021-24329 · fixed in 1.7.3 · reported by WPScan4.5% oddsMedium 5.4
- Apr 5, 2021WP Super Cache: Was affected by an authenticated (admin+) RCE in the settings page due to input validation failure and weak $cache_path check in the WP Super Cache Settings -> Cache Location optionCVE-2021-24209 · fixed in 1.7.2 · reported by WPScan28% oddsHigh 7.2
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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