CVE-2022-46800

WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin <= 5.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
Wordfence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 5.3 versions.

The LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the rest_api_init function in versions up to, and including, 5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to activate or deactivate arbitrary crawlers.

*Credits: thiennv (Patchstack Alliance)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-12-08 CVE Reserved
2023-03-22 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-11-04 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/litespeed-cache/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-5-3-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Litespeedtech Search vendor "Litespeedtech"		Litespeed Cache Search vendor "Litespeedtech" for product "Litespeed Cache"				<= 5.3 Search vendor "Litespeedtech" for product "Litespeed Cache" and version " <= 5.3"		wordpress		Affected