CVE-2024-28000

WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
February 29, 2024
Published Date
August 21, 2024
Last Updated
August 21, 2024
Vendor
LiteSpeed Technologies
Product
LiteSpeed Cache
Description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from 1.9 through 6.3.0.1.
Tags
wordpress

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Score
55.27% (Percentile: 97.89%) as of 2025-05-12

SSVC Information

Exploitation
poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2024-08-21 07:11:12 UTC) Source

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
Wordfence 2024-08-21 07:11:12 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

JohnDoeAnonITA/CVE-2024-28000

Type: github • Created: 2024-09-10 08:16:16 UTC • Stars: 4

CVE-2024-28000 Exploit for litespeed-cache =<6.3 allows Privilege Escalation with creation of administrator account

arch1m3d/CVE-2024-28000

Type: github • Created: 2024-08-27 07:20:44 UTC • Stars: 5

PoC for the CVE-2024 Litespeed Cache Privilege Escalation

ebrasha/CVE-2024-28000

Type: github • Created: 2024-08-25 16:57:24 UTC • Stars: 3

LiteSpeed Cache Privilege Escalation PoC - CVE-2024-28000

Alucard0x1/CVE-2024-28000

Type: github • Created: 2024-08-24 05:12:56 UTC • Stars: 17

LiteSpeed Cache Privilege Escalation PoC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public