{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28000 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-28000 is a critical vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache, published on 21 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28000 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-28000 is a critical vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache, published on 21 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28000 exists.\n\nAffected product: LiteSpeed Cache. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28000/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28000/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-28000","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28000/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-28000","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-3cp9-7899-h8r7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin due to incorrect privilege assignment.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"litespeed_cache","vendor":"litespeedtech"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-266","name":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment"}],"description":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through \u003c= 6.3.0.1.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2024-08-24","github_poc":6,"max_poc_stars":23,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2024-08-24T05:12:56Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Alucard0x1/CVE-2024-28000","stars":23,"title":"LiteSpeed Cache Privilege Escalation PoC"},{"date":"2024-08-27T07:20:44Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/arch1m3d/CVE-2024-28000","stars":7,"title":"PoC for the CVE-2024 Litespeed Cache Privilege Escalation "},{"date":"2024-09-10T08:16:16Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/JohnDoeAnonITA/CVE-2024-28000","stars":5,"title":"CVE-2024-28000 Exploit for litespeed-cache =\u003c6.3 allows Privilege Escalation with creation of administrator account"},{"date":"2024-09-09T06:19:54Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/SSSSuperX/CVE-2024-28000","stars":1,"title":"CVE-2024-28000 LiteSpeed Cache Privilege Escalation Scan\u0026Exp"},{"date":"2025-06-15","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"52328","stars":null,"title":"Litespeed Cache WordPress Plugin 6.3.0.1 - Privilege Escalation"},{"date":"2026-07-30T08:15:26Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/AliHzSec/CVE-2024-28000","stars":0,"title":"Hands-on exploit lab for CVE-2024-28000 — unauthenticated privilege escalation in LiteSpeed Cache (WordPress plugin, \u003c=6.3.0.1). Spins up a vulnerable environment with Docker and includes a Go-based brute-forcer that cracks the weak mt_rand hash to create an administrator account."},{"date":"2026-08-22T18:08:46Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/shawnng078-ops/CVE-2024-28000-Exploit-Lab","stars":0,"title":"Hands-on reproduction of CVE-2024-28000 in LiteSpeed Cache using an isolated WordPress lab. Includes reconnaissance, vulnerable hash recovery, Administrator privilege escalation proof, cleanup, and remediation-focused documentation."},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-28000.yaml","stars":null,"title":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Admin"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \u003c= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-28000","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Favicon Rotator plugin \u003c= 1.2.10 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-28001"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Preview E-mails for WooCommerce plugin \u003c= 2.2.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-27999"},"products":["LiteSpeed Cache"],"published":"2024-08-21","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \u003c 6.5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Cookie Leak vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-44000","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-20"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \u003c= 6.4.1 - Path Traversal vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-47637","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-16"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \u003c= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Site Wide Stored XSS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-40000","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-16"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \u003c= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control on API vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-45000","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-16"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \u003c= 6.5.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-50550","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-29"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \u003c= 6.5.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-47374","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-29","vendors":["LiteSpeed Technologies"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin due to incorrect privilege assignment.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28000/"}