CVE-2023-40000

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Published 2024-04-16 · Modified 2026-04-28

CVSS v3

6.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

6.1

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache allows Stored XSS.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through 5.7.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

71%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
litespeedtech	litespeed_cache	`{"endExcluding":"5.7.0.1"}`	`5.7.0.1`

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/litespeed-cache/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-5-7-unauthenticated-site-wide-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/litespeed-cache/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-5-7-unauthenticated-site-wide-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://github.com/rxerium/CVE-2023-40000

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.