CVE-2024-44000
Published: 20 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-44000 is a critical-severity Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522) vulnerability in Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-44000 is an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability, tracked under CWE-522, that permits authentication bypass in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress. The flaw affects all versions through 6.5.0.1 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-exploitable conditions with no required authentication or user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the weakness to bypass authentication controls and perform account takeover, resulting in full read, write, and delete access to the affected WordPress site. The published EPSS score of 0.9282 (peak 0.9313) indicates a high likelihood of exploitation attempts.
The Patchstack advisory recommends immediate upgrade to version 6.5.0.1 or later to eliminate the exposed credential-handling path and restore proper authentication enforcement.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40782
Vulnerability details
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through < 6.5.0.1.
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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.
Training instructs users on protecting credentials from disclosure or unauthorized access.
Training records for security awareness and role-based training verify education on credential protection practices, tangibly reducing risks from mishandling or exposing credentials.
Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification while requiring protective controls addresses insufficiently protected credentials.
Rules of behavior include credential protection and non-sharing requirements, reducing exposure of insufficiently protected credentials.
Terminating or revoking credentials stops use of insufficiently protected or lingering credentials post-termination.
Requiring confidentiality/integrity protection for stored credentials directly mitigates insufficiently protected credentials on disk or in configuration stores.
Credentials or keys delivered out-of-band are not exposed to interception or inadequate protection on the main transport.