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CVE-2026-48172

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LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Vendor / Project
LiteSpeed
Product
cPanel Plugin
Date added
May 26, 2026
Due date
May 29, 2026
Known ransomware use
Unknown
CWEs
CWE-266

Description

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.

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.

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