CVE-2026-76579
mediumThe LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'esi' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.9 due…
The LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'esi' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Exploitation requires that the attacker supply a validly signed 'esi' value in the GET query string while submitting a separate attacker-controlled 'esi' payload as a POST body field, relying on PHP's default $_REQUEST merge order to have the POST value take precedence at the point of execution.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L566 security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L591 security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L617 security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L855 security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3676856/litespeed-cache/trunk/src/esi.cls.php security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3676856%40litespeed-cache%2Ftag... security@wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ba236f86-0434-4030-8e14-4db39192... security@wordfence.com
