CVE-2022-0074 is an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability affecting LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server Container versions from 1.6.15 before 1.7.16.1. This vulnerability allows for Privilege Escalation, posing a significant risk with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). The attack is network-based, low complexity, and requires low privileges, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.6.15, < 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.