CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-26758
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
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 configurations
• litespeedtech openlitespeed 1.7.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://docs.unsafe-inline.com/0day/openlitespeed-web-server-1.7.8-command-injection-to-privilege-escalation-cve-2021-26758 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/issues/217 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49556 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.unsafe-inline.com/0day/openlitespeed-web-server-1.7.8-command-injection-to-privilege-escalation-cve-2021-26758 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/issues/217 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49556 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry