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CVE-2023-40000

high

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache allows Stored XSS.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 5.7.

References

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/litespeed-cache-wordpress-plugin-bug-lets-hackers-get-admin-access/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/litespeed-cache-bug-exposes-6-million-wordpress-sites-to-takeover-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/critical-flaw-in-wordpress-litespeed.html

https://www.fastly.com/blog/active-exploitation-unauthenticated-stored-xss-vulnerabilities-wordpress/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/hackers-exploiting-litespeed-cache-bug.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-litespeed-cache-flaw-to-create-wordpress-admins/

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/litespeed-cache/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-5-7-unauthenticated-site-wide-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-04-16

Updated: 2024-04-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.42244