WordPress Plugin 'LiteSpeed Cache' < 6.5.0.1. Unauthenticated Account Takeover

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206971

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Synopsis

The remote WordPress application has a plugin installed that is affected by an unauthenticated account takeover vulnerability.

Description

The WordPress application running on the remote host has a version of the 'LiteSpeed Cache' plugin that is prior to 6.5.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unauthenticated account takeover vulnerability. The plugin suffers from an unauthenticated account takeover vulnerability which allows any unauthenticated visitor to gain authentication access to any logged-in users and at worst can gain access to an Administrator level role after which malicious plugins could be uploaded and installed.

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 6.5.0.1 or later through the administrative dashboard.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 206971

File Name: wordpress_plugin_litespeed_cache_CVE-2024-44000.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/11/2024

Updated: 10/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-44000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cache

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Wordpress LiteSpeed Cache plugin cookie theft)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-44000

Detections

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