{"id":"CVE-2021-24964","aliases":["EUVD-2021-11876","GHSA-fg4h-vrcg-56rq"],"status":"published","title":"LiteSpeed Cache \u003c 4.4.4 - IP Check Bypass to Unauthenticated Stored XSS","description":"The LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin before 4.4.4 does not properly verify that requests are coming from QUIC.cloud servers, allowing attackers to make requests to certain endpoints by using a specific X-Forwarded-For header value. In addition, one of the endpoint could be used to set CSS code if a setting is enabled, which will then be output in some pages without being sanitised and escaped. Combining those two issues, an unauthenticated attacker could put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in pages visited by users.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.01236,"percentile":0.69442,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2022-01-03T12:49:08Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:41:12Z","products":[{"vendor":"litespeedtech","product":"litespeed cache"},{"vendor":"litespeedtech","product":"litespeed_cache"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"litespeed cache"}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9966b3e-2eb9-4d70-8c18-6a829b4827cc","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24964"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fg4h-vrcg-56rq"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-24964","title":"LiteSpeed Cache \u003c 4.4.4 - IP Check Bypass to Unauthenticated Stored XSS","description":"The LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin before 4.4.4 does not properly verify that requests are coming from QUIC.cloud servers, allowing attackers to make requests to certain endpoints by using a specific X-Forwarded-For header value. In addition, one of the endpoint could be used to set CSS code if a setting is enabled, which will then be output in some pages without being sanitised and escaped. Combining those two issues, an unauthenticated attacker could put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in pages visited by users.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-03T12:49:08Z","modified":"2025-05-22T18:39:45.298Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:05.000797Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-11876","description":"The LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin before 4.4.4 does not properly verify that requests are coming from QUIC.cloud servers, allowing attackers to make requests to certain endpoints by using a specific X-Forwarded-For header value. 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Combining those two issues, an unauthenticated attacker could put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in pages visited by users.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-03T13:15:08.517Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:41:12.48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":2.6,"vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:03.418194Z"}]}}