CVE-2024-28000

LiteSpeed Cache <= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

criticalImproper Privilege Management
9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
CVSS Score
critical
Severity
6.4
Patched in
247d
Time to patch

Description

The LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.0.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the role simulation functionality allowing a user to set their current ID to that of an administrator, if they have access to a valid hash which can be found in the debug logs or brute forced. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to spoof their user ID to that of an administrator, and then create a new user account with the administrator role utilizing the /wp-json/wp/v2/users REST API endpoint. In some environments, the crawler may be disabled making this a non-exploitable issue in those instances.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.3.0.1
PublishedAugust 21, 2024
Last updatedApril 24, 2025
Affected pluginlitespeed-cache

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