CVE-2022-0073 HIGH

CVE-2022-0073: Authenticated Remote Code Execution in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

Vendor Litespeed Technologies

Product OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation

Published October 27, 2022

Last update May 5, 2025

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CVSS base score

8.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards allows Command Injection. This affects 1.7.0 versions before 1.7.16.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 27, 2022 CVE published

May 5, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0073 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-0073

CWE CWE-20

CVSS 8.8 / HIGH

Affected versions

Vendor Litespeed Technologies

Product OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

Affected ≥ 1.7.0 and < 1.7.16.1

Vendor Litespeed Technologies

Product LiteSpeed Web Server

Affected ≥ 1.7.0 and < 1.7.16.1

CVE-2022-0073: Authenticated Remote Code Execution in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

01Description

02Disclosure timeline

03References

04Related CVE