vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: litespeed-cache: CVE-2023-45000: Missing Authorization

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 27, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025

Description

The LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the 'update_cdn_status' function in versions up to, and including, 5.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's CDN status.

Solution

litespeed-cache-plugin-cve-2023-45000
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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