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CVE-2026-48172

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CWE-266

LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before 2.4.5 allows privilege escalation (possibly to root), as exploited in the wild in May Detection is best done via a command line of grep -rE "cpanel_jsonapi_func=redisAble" /var/cpanel/logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/ 2>/dev/null in Bash. If you get no output, you have not been hit with exploitation of the vulnerability. If there is output, we recommend you examine the IP addresses in the list, determine if they are valid IP addresses, and if not, block them. To determine damage done, examine the system logs for use by the detected IP addresses. The issue is related to mishandling of Redis enable/disable features. The recommended minimum version is 2.4.7.

CVSS Score
10
Critical
EPSS — Exploit Probability
19%
Riskier than 97% of all CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Used in ransomware campaigns
Remediation
Patch available
Federal deadline 2026-05-29
CISA 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. Deadline for federal agencies: 2026-05-29.

NVD entry Vendor patch PoC / advisory CISA KEV

6 articles across 6 outlets · first covered May 23, 2026 · latest May 28, 2026

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LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2026-48172) exploited in the wild

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