CVE-2024-28000 (GCVE-0-2024-28000)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-21 13:53
Modified
2025-06-17 18:44
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Summary
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from 1.9 through 6.3.0.1.
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