CVE-2024-28000
Published: 21 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-28000 is a critical-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-28000 is an incorrect privilege assignment flaw, tracked under CWE-266, in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress by LiteSpeed Technologies. It impacts all versions through 6.3.0.1 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation without authentication or user interaction.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit the issue to escalate privileges and achieve full read, write, and delete access on affected sites, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Public exploit code has been published on Exploit-DB and Packet Storm, confirming the attack path requires no prior credentials.
The associated EPSS score stands at 0.9206 with an identical peak value, indicating sustained high exploitation probability since disclosure. References from Patchstack and The Hacker News provide further technical details on the flaw in the WordPress caching component.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-25174
Vulnerability details
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.3.0.1.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Designation of a manager and policy dissemination ensures privileges are assigned according to defined roles.
Regular reviews catch incorrect privilege assignments to users, roles, or processes.
Explicitly specifying privileges and group/role memberships for accounts reduces the risk of incorrect privilege assignments.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.