CVE-2021-26758

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Privilege Escalation in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed web server version 1.7.8 allows attackers to gain root terminal access and execute commands on the host system.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-26758
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-04-07T21:15:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-04-12T18:30:37
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49556 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/issues/217 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://docs.unsafe-inline.com/0day/openlitespeed-web-server-1.7.8-command-injection-to-privilege-escalation-cve-2021-26758 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26758
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26758
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:16:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 01:23:50 2021-04-07T21:15Z 2021-04-07T21:15:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 01:23:50 2021-04-12T18:30:37 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 01:23:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated