CVE-2026-48172

LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before 2.4.5 allows privilege escalation (possibly to root), as exploited in the wild in May 2026. 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 v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanel	Product
https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/release-log	Release Notes
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48172	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_cpanel_plugin::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_whm_plugin::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-21 02:16

Updated : 2026-07-23 15:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-48172

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48172

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48172

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Products Affected

litespeedtech

litespeed_cpanel_plugin
litespeed_whm_plugin

CWE

CWE-266

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

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