CVE-2022-0073 is an Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards, affecting versions before 1.7.16.1. This flaw allows for command injection, posing a significant risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.7.0, <= 1.7.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.