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CVE-2022-0072

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0072 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards, specifically versions 1.5.11-1.5.12, 1.6.5-1.6.20.1, and 1.7.0 before 1.7.16.1. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform path traversal with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.6.5, <= 1.6.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / litespeedtech/openlitespeed/blob/v1.7.16.1/src/main/httpserver.cpp
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / litespeedtech/openlitespeed/blob/v1.7.16/src/main/httpserver.cpp
ExploitThird Party Advisory