FKIE_CVE-2020-29172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-12-26 02:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:11
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin before 3.6.1 for WordPress can be exploited via the Server IP setting.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/#developersThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.litespeedtech.com/products/cache-plugins/wordpress-accelerationProduct, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/#developersThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/cache-plugins/wordpress-accelerationProduct, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
litespeedtech litespeed_cache *
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