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CVE-2024-28000: WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 59/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (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: 68.2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.3% 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 6.4.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache 6.4 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

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.3.0.1.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Aug 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
68.2% · 99th percentile

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Action score

59

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
20 / 30 · 68.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
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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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
litespeedtechlitespeed cache

Affected versions

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

  • litespeedtech litespeed cache1.9 and later · before 6.4

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 6.3.0.1affectedfixed in 6.4

Same product

litespeedtech: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-44000WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin < 6.5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Cookie Leak vulnerability
    64This week
  • 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-2023-45000Apr 16, 2024 · WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control on API vulnerability
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-3246Jul 24, 2024 · LiteSpeed Cache <= 6.2.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-9169Sep 25, 2024 · litespeed cache <= 6.4.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    19Monitor

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 Cache6.4Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×6

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2025-06-15
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2024-28000 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:232024-08-24
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:72024-08-27
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12024-09-09
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:52024-09-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-07-30
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-08-22

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. Published
  2. First PoC+3 d
  3. TodayNov 4, 2026+805 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-5055069 days apartWordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.5.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
    39Monitor

Chain candidates

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

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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

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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-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment

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.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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

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