WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.5.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

published 2024-10-29 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44947

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.5.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache 6.5.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-29)

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache
litespeed_technologies litespeed_cache

Classification

Weakness

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/litespeed-cache/vulnerability/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-6-5-1-privilege-esca
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-50550
NVD CVE-2024-50550

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary