CVE-2023-45000
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control on API vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 5.7.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 5.7 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control on API vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 5.7.
- Record
CVE-2023-45000- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-49322
Missing Authorization vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 5.7.
- Record
EUVD-2023-49322- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hmx-3p38-h5rw
Missing Authorization vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache.This issue affects...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 5.7.
- Record
GHSA-8hmx-3p38-h5rw- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 5.7.
- Record
CVE-2023-45000- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-45000 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Litespeed Technologies Cache, published April 16, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.