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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.