Vulnerability intelligence

CVE-2026-44962

Plesk contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the APS Application Catalog search functionality, where user-supplied input is interpolated into XPath queries without proper sanitization. This allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server, resulting in local privilege escalation.

CVSS Score

Critical

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.6%

Riskier than 45% of all CVEs · checked 2026-10-23

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV does not include every exploited vulnerability

Remediation

Unconfirmed

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NVD entry PoC / advisory