๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-76579

MEDIUM 4.7

LiteSpeed Cache <= 7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ESI 'esi' Parameter

CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor litespeedtech
Product litespeed cache
Published Sep 19, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

litespeedtech / LiteSpeed Cache
0 โ‰ค 7.9

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ba236f86-0434-4030-8e14-4db3919226eb?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L855 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L617 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L591 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/litespeed-cache/tags/7.9/src/esi.cls.php#L566 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3676856%40litespeed-cache%2Ftags%2F7.9.1&old=3635849%40litespeed-cache%2Ftags%2F7.9 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3676856/litespeed-cache/trunk/src/esi.cls.php

Credits

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