Critical
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin contains privilege escalation vulnerability that is exposed via the user-end cPanel plugin, which can be abused by any cPanel user account to execute arbitrary scripts with root privileges. CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-48172
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: kev:CVE-2026-48172
cPanel Plugin
Source reference: /product
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-48172
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Publisher severity
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- Event
- #154 · Revision 1
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