CVE-2022-0072 Directory Traversal in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

Medium 5.8 Published 27 Oct 2022 Updated 9 May 2025

Attackers can exploit a directory traversal flaw in LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards to read arbitrary files from the server.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-0072?

CVE-2022-0072 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in LiteSpeed Web Server, published on 27 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0072?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Litespeedtech Openlitespeed.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0072?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-0072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f532-g5cf-vhjp.