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 v3 9.9 CRITICAL

9.9^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/38633651286679-Vulnerability-CVE-2026-44962-in-Plesk-s-APS-Catalog

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-29 16:16

Updated : 2026-08-14 16:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-44962

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44962

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44962

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-643

Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions ('XPath Injection')

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