LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172 Exploited to Run Scripts as Root

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Metadaten

  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-05-23 07:35 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-06-02 19:37 UTC
  • CVSS: 10.0
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: aa7f44e0676a1fb0bcde3eaf05ebbbab75234d82be240e366f974285d4ad4ecf

Inhalt

A maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS score: 10.0), relates to an instance of incorrect privilege assignment that an attacker could abuse to run arbitrary scripts with elevated permissions.

"Any cPanel user (including an attacker or a compromised account) may

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-48172

CRITICAL

10

CRITICAL

10

2026-05-21

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