CVE-2023-40000.yaml

id: CVE-2023-40000

info:
  name: Wordpress Litespeed Cache Priv Esc
  author: rxerium,sorrowx3
  severity: critical
  description: |
    LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges
  reference:
    - https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/wordpress-litespeed-plugin.html
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 8.3
    cve-id: CVE-2023-40000
  metadata:
    fofa-query: "wp-content/plugins/litespeed-cache/"
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/litespeed-cache/"
    shodan-query: 'vuln:CVE-2023-40000'
  tags: cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,litespeed-cache,high

http:
  - method: GET
    redirects: true
    max-redirects: 3
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/litespeed-cache/readme.txt"

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        internal: true
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'

      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - compare_versions(internal_detected_version, concat("< 5.7.0.1"))

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

      - type: word
        words:
          - "litespeed-cache"
        part: body