CVE-2024-9169

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Sep 25, 2024
Updated: Mar 7, 2025
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2024-9169 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress. The issue lies in the plugin's debug settings, which lack proper input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever an user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability only poses a threat to multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

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Affected Products

  • LiteSpeed Cache plugin

Affected Vendors

  • LiteSpeed Technologies Inc

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