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CVE-2024-44000: WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin < 6.5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Cookie Leak vulnerability

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 64/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB, GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 82.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.6% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache 6.5.0.1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache 6.5.0.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Oct 20, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
82.3% · 99th percentile

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Action score

64

This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
25 / 30 · 82.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.8
CNA · Patchstack
9.8
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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VendorProduct
litespeedtechlitespeed cache

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache

    • up to and including 6.5.0.1affectedfixed in 6.5.0.1

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • litespeedtech litespeed cachebefore 6.5.0.1

Same product

litespeedtech: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-28000WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability
    59Plan
  • CVE-2023-40000WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Site Wide Stored XSS vulnerability
    40Plan
  • CVE-2024-50550WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.5.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-47374Oct 5, 2024 · WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.5.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    24Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-47637Oct 16, 2024 · WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.4.1 - Path Traversal vulnerability
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-12450Oct 29, 2025 · LiteSpeed Cache <= 7.5.0.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache6.5.0.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×4

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub4 repositories2024-09-06 → 2024-10-10
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2025-03-28
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/wp_litespeed_cookie_theftWordpress LiteSpeed Cache plugin cookie theftexploit2024-09-04
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2024-44000 —

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-46 d
  2. First PoC-44 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayNov 14, 2026+755 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Credits

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2024-476374 days apartWordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.4.1 - Path Traversal vulnerability
    35Monitor

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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