WordPress Plugin 'LiteSpeed Cache' < 6.4 Privilege Escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206164

Synopsis

The remote WordPress application has a plugin installed that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The WordPress application running on the remote host has a version of the 'LiteSpeed Cache' plugin that is prior to 6.4. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could elevate their privileges to that of an account with the administrator role.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the 'LiteSpeed Cache' plugin to version 6.4 or later through the administrative dashboard.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 206164

File Name: wordpress_plugin_litespeed_cache_CVE-2024-28000.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/23/2024

Updated: 8/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cache

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28000

Detections

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