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Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2024-44000 in the critical feed json

WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin < 6.5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Cookie Leak vulnerability

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-40782

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
82.3%
EPSS 82.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through < 6.5.0.1.

Patch / fix

  • LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache 6.5.0.1
  • litespeedtech litespeed_cache 6.5.0.1

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/wp_litespeed_cookie_theft)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

82.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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
  • litespeedtech litespeed_cache

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel 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.