CVE-2022-46800
LiteSpeed Cache <= 5.3 - Missing Authorization to Toggle Crawler State
mediumMissing Authorization
4.3
CVSS Score
4.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
5.3.1
Patched in
307d
Time to patch
Description
The LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the rest_api_init function in versions up to, and including, 5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to activate or deactivate arbitrary crawlers.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=5.3PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginlitespeed-cache
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