CVE-2024-50550 is a critical Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache, affecting versions up to and including 6.5.1. This flaw allows for privilege escalation, potentially granting attackers full administrative access. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 6.5.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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.