LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Exposes 5 Million WordPress Sites to Privilege Escalation | Black Hat Ethical Hacking

A critical security vulnerability has been unveiled in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, posing a significant risk of privilege escalation for unauthenticated users. Tracked as CVE-2023-40000, this vulnerability was addressed in October 2023 with the release of version 5.7.0.1 of the plugin.