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CVE-2026-48172

LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before 2.4.5 allows privilege escalation (possibly to root), as exploited in the wild in May 2026. Detection is best done via a command line of grep -rE "cpanel_jsonapi_func=redisAble" /var/cpanel/logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/ 2>/dev/null in Bash. If you get no output, you have not been hit with exploitation of the vulnerability. If there is output, we recommend you examine the IP addresses in the list, determine if they are valid IP addresses, and if not, block t
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:b2b3da33339e4739970a07dd9847b8be39fb8b908147394c7d1d2fbcc5ad0724
Known exploited
CISA KEV
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"WHM Plugin/cPanel Plugin","platforms":["Linux"],"product":"WHM Plugin","vendor":"LiteSpeed Technologies","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.3.1.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"collectionURL":"https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/download/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"WHM Plugin/cPanel Plugin","platforms":["Linux"],"product":"cPanel Plugin","vendor":"LiteSpeed Technologies","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.4.7","status":"affected","version":"2.3","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"WHM Plugin/cPanel Plugin","platforms":["Linux"],"product":"WHM Plugin","vendor":"LiteSpeed Technologies","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.3.1.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"collectionURL":"https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/download/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"WHM Plugin/cPanel Plugin","platforms":["Linux"],"product":"cPanel Plugin","vendor":"LiteSpeed Technologies","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.4.7","status":"affected","version":"2.3","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":10,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-266","description":"CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Known exploitation assertions

2 source assertions
{"cwes":["CWE-266"],"dateAdded":"2026-05-26","dueDate":"2026-05-29","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172","product":"cPanel Plugin","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","shortDescription":"LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin contains privilege escalation vulnerability that is exposed via the user-end cPanel plugin,…
  • cisa_kev_jsonknown_exploited
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9c08f9cc07209119dd5aa79c2fe5a2ea28c33d453a7326a2b9629fc2e629cfe9 · sha256:16acee8334e59e44… · /vulnerabilities/54
    Open source location →
{"cwes":["CWE-266"],"dateAdded":"2026-05-26","dueDate":"2026-05-29","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172","product":"cPanel Plugin","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","shortDescription":"LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin contains privilege escalation vulnerability that is exposed via the user-end cPanel plugin,…
  • cisa_kev_jsonknown_exploited
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e616df9929cf0b9670b373b600275d3fdf53482142e0eff6dfa2129b7d948ea2 · sha256:635dff916c4092c0… · /vulnerabilities/57
    Open source location →

Source references

4 source assertions
{"url":"https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"tags":["government-resource"],"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48172"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"url":"https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanel"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/release-log"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e9335cd45c5ebf4401f2effc890cb1aa8ce5c883913a85c3223616f8a7d85348 · sha256:6e43077d0464dc49… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

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  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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