Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-26758
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 14.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/issues/217 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 49556 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://docs.unsafe-inline.com/0day/openlitespeed-web-server-1.7.8-command-injection-to-privilege-escalation-cve-2021-26758 x_refsource_MISC