CVE-2024-50550 WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.5.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
An attacker can escalate privileges in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin due to incorrect privilege assignment.
- 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-2024-50550?
CVE-2024-50550 is a high-severity vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache, published on 29 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.5.1.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50550?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache.
How do I fix CVE-2024-50550?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-50550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-50550 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50550 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in LiteSpeed Cache
- CVE-2024-44000 WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin < 6.5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Cookie Leak vulnerability
- CVE-2024-28000 WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2024-47637 WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.4.1 - Path Traversal vulnerability
- CVE-2023-40000 WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Site Wide Stored XSS vulnerability
- CVE-2023-45000 WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control on API vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g7c2-78mq-v43g.