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CVE-2024-50550 (GCVE-0-2024-50550)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-29 09:57 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:29

Title

WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.5.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Summary

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.5.1.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-29 14:38 UTC

CWE

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

Patchstack CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 2864 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
LiteSpeed Technologies	LiteSpeed Cache	Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.5.1 (custom)	guessed
litespeed_technologies	litespeed_cache	Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.5.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:litespeed_technologies:litespeed_cache::::::::

Date Public

2026-04-01 16:28

Credits

TaiYou | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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FKIE_CVE-2024-50550

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-29 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:04

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.5.1.

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/litespeed-cache/vulnerability/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-6-5-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	litespeedtech	litespeed_cache	*

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GHSA-G7C2-78MQ-V43G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-29 12:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:32

Details

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 6.5.1.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "aliases": [
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-g7c2-78mq-v43g",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T18:32:12Z",
  "published": "2024-10-29T12:30:56Z",
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    },
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