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:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.5.1
PublishedOctober 29, 2024
Last updatedDecember 12, 2024
Affected pluginlitespeed-cache

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