CVE-2026-48172

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

LiteSpeed — cPanel Plugin

Added to KEV catalog: 26 May 2026
Federal remediation due date: 29 May 2026
Weakness classification (CWE): CWE-266

CISA 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.

Notes

https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172

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