CVE-2026-48172
criticalpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSadded 2026-05-26remediate by 2026-05-29
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.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-24
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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 them. To determine damage done, examine the system logs for use by the detected IP addresses. The issue is related to mishandling of Redis enable/disable features. The recommended minimum version is 2.4.7.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- HORKimhab/CVE-2026-48172CVE-2026-48172PoC · poc_in_github
- retmakarunia/CVE-2026-48172cPanel user run arbitrary scripts as rootPoC · poc_in_github
affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- litespeedtech litespeed cpanel plugin< 2.4.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cpanel_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- litespeedtech litespeed whm plugin< 5.3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_whm_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-48172cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172cnnvd
- https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanelPatchcnnvd
- https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/enisa_euvd
- https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanelenisa_euvd
- https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/release-logenisa_euvd
- https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48172US Government Resourcenvd
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