CVE-2024-44000 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache versions prior to 6.5.0.1, affecting millions of WordPress sites. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to gain full administrative access by exploiting insufficiently protected credentials. Exploit code is publicly available, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high likelihood of active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 6.5.0.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.