CVE-2024-28000: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.3.0.1.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache versions up to 6.3.0.1 is due to incorrect privilege assignment, which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges and fully compromise the system. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates it is remotely exploitable without authentication or user interaction, with complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has not yet published a patch or official remediation guidance, and no exploits are currently known in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability without any privileges or user interaction to gain full control over the affected system, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and services handled by LiteSpeed Cache.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict network access to the LiteSpeed Cache service where possible and monitor for unusual activity related to privilege escalation attempts.
CVE-2024-28000: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache
Description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.3.0.1.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache versions up to 6.3.0.1 is due to incorrect privilege assignment, which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges and fully compromise the system. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates it is remotely exploitable without authentication or user interaction, with complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has not yet published a patch or official remediation guidance, and no exploits are currently known in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability without any privileges or user interaction to gain full control over the affected system, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and services handled by LiteSpeed Cache.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict network access to the LiteSpeed Cache service where possible and monitor for unusual activity related to privilege escalation attempts.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2024-02-29T06:17:46.687Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69ea9e7b87115cfb686fc597
Added to database: 4/23/2026, 10:34:35 PM
Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 2:15:01 AM
Last updated: 6/7/2026, 8:09:29 AM
Views: 20
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