CVE-2024-47374
Published: 05 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-47374 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-47374 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress in all versions through 6.5.0.2 and is tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that is stored by the plugin and later rendered for other users. Successful exploitation requires a victim to interact with the affected page, after which the attacker can execute arbitrary script in the victim's browser context, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with scope change.
The single available reference points to a Patchstack advisory entry for this issue but supplies no further mitigation details. The associated EPSS score has reached a peak of 0.2951 with a current value of 0.2628.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-42410
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Stored XSS.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.5.0.2.
- 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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.