{"id":"CVE-2020-29172","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-29172","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:21:32.668Z","title":"A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin before 3.6.1 for WordPress can be exploited via the Server IP setting.","description":"A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin before 3.6.1 for WordPress can be exploited via the Server IP setting.","published":"2020-12-26T02:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:11:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["litespeedtech/litespeed cache"],"epss":{"score":0.00941,"percentile":0.60725,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/#developers","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/cache-plugins/wordpress-acceleration","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/#developers","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/cache-plugins/wordpress-acceleration","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29172","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}