WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
LiteSpeed Cache < 7.9.1 - Reflected XSS via ESI 'esi' Parameter
Description
The plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'esi' parameter 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.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
mak3bread
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-18 (about 29 days ago)
Added
2026-09-18 (about 28 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-18 (about 28 days ago)