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CVE-2024-44000

WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin < 6.5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Cookie Leak vulnerability

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. Fixed in 6.5.0.1.

CVSS 3.19.8CriticalEPSS percentile99th82% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 2 sourcesFix6.5.0.1Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

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  • LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed CacheAffected: ≤ 6.5.0.1Upgrade to: after 6.5.0.1Stated by: CVE record
  • Litespeedtech Litespeed CacheAffected: < 6.5.0.1Upgrade to: 6.5.0.1Stated by: NVD
  • LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache for WordPressAffected: до 6.5.0.1Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through < 6.5.0.1.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

2 sources with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

82% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

A public exploit existed 48 days before the patch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. EPSS band changecritical → high
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
  5. Nuclei check added
  6. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 9.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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