LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin
CVE-2026-48172
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.
What this means for your business
- It affects LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Attackers are already using it. CISA added it to its list of flaws used in real attacks on 26 May 2026.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 18% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 97% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
- 3Treat it as urgent. US federal agencies must fix it by 29 May 2026. That deadline does not apply to private companies, but it shows how seriously CISA takes it.
- 4Because attackers have used it, check the affected systems for signs of a break-in, not only for the update.
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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.
CISA’s wording, unedited.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 10.0
- Weakness
- CWE-266
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2026-05-26
- Last modified
- 2026-10-07
- Added to KEV
- 2026-05-26
- Remediation due
- 2026-05-29
- Sources
- CISA KEV, NVD
Affected products
- Litespeedtech Litespeed Cpanel Plugin- 2.4.7
- Litespeedtech Litespeed Whm Plugin- 5.3.1.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/
- https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanel
- https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/release-log
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48172