LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin

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. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-05-26 (federal deadline 2026-05-29).

First seen: 26 May 2026
Last update: 26 May 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-48172
Source: CISA KEV

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## LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin
Ids: 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. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-05-26 (federal deadline 2026-05-29).

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin. If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-48172") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172
https://pwned.coffee/i/litespeed-cpanel-plugin-privilege-escalation-vulnerabili-cve-2026-48172

Sources

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