Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-0072

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 October 2022

Published
27 October 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0033 56.6th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-0072 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Litespeedtech Openlitespeed. Its CVSS base score is 5.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 43.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

litespeedtech
openlitespeed
1.5.11, 1.5.12 · 1.6.5 — 1.6.20.1 · 1.7.0 — 1.7.16.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References