What is CVE-2024-9169?

CVE-2024-9169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-9169?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9169 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache

CVE-2024-9169

The LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin debug settings in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (40.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9169?: CVE-2024-9169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Litespeedtech Litespeed Cache, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-9169?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9169 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.