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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.8

CVE-2022-0072 json

Directory Traversal in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

published 2022-10-27 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15293

cvss
5.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory Traversal vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards allows Path Traversal. This affects versions from 1.5.11 through 1.5.12, from 1.6.5 through 1.6.20.1, from 1.7.0 before 1.7.16.1

Patch / fix

  • LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server 1.7.16.1
  • LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Web Server 1.7.16.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/blob/v1.7.16/src/main/httpserver.cpp#L2060-L2061 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/blob/v1.7.16.1/src/main/httpserver.cpp#L2060-L2061 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server
  • LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Web Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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