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GHSA-3CP9-7899-H8R7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-21 15:30 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:31

Details

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from 1.9 through 6.3.0.1.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2024-28000 (GCVE-0-2024-28000)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-21 13:53 – Updated: 2025-06-17 18:44

Summary

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from 1.9 through 6.3.0.1.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

CWE

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

Patchstack

References

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Tags

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	https://patchstack.com/articles/critical-privileg…	technical-descriptionthird-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	LiteSpeed Technologies	LiteSpeed Cache	Affected: 1.9 , ≤ 6.3.0.1 (custom)

Credits

John Blackbourn (Patchstack Bug Bounty Program)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3CP9-7899-H8R7

CVE-2024-28000 (GCVE-0-2024-28000)

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