CVE-2024-50550
LiteSpeed Cache <= 6.5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
highIncorrect Privilege Assignment
8.1
CVSS Score
8.1
CVSS Score
high
Severity
6.5.2
Patched in
45d
Time to patch
Description
The LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.1. This is due to the is_role_simulation() function not properly providing protection against unauthorized use of the function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to simulate roles such as administrators which provides elevated access to the site. Please note there are a lot of pre-requisites for this to be exploitable.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=6.5.1PublishedOctober 29, 2024
Last updatedDecember 12, 2024
Affected pluginlitespeed-cache
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