Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2022-0073

LiteSpeed Technologies openlitespeed Improper Input Validation

Published Mar 19, 2025 · catalog updated Mar 19, 2025 · LiteSpeed Technologies

Patch now

CVE-2022-0073 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm LiteSpeed Technologies against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
9.21%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor LiteSpeed Technologies openlitespeed

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards allows Command Injection. This affects 1.7.0 versions before 1.7.16.1.

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  • vendor LiteSpeed Technologies openlitespeedversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-0073

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-0073 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm LiteSpeed Technologies against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 9.21%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 19, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Improper Input Validation vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards allows Command Injection. This affects 1.7.0 versions before 1.7.16.1.

  2. Mar 19, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-0073

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-0073

    30-day exploitation probability 9.2%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-0073

    Improper Input Validation vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server dashboards allows Command Injection. This affects 1.7.0 versions before 1.7.16.1.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.