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CVE-2020-29172

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin before 3.6.1 for WordPress can be exploited via the Server IP setting.

Affected products

• LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache: before 3.6.1 — fixed in 3.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache 3.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/#developers
• https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/cache-plugins/wordpress-acceleration
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/#developers
• https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/cache-plugins/wordpress-acceleration

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