Status: KEV | Advisory ID: CVE-2026-48172
| CVE | CVE-2026-48172 |
| Affected products | LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin |
| Exploitation status | Listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, indicating confirmed active exploitation. |
| Classified as | CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) |
| KEV listing | Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2026-05-26. |
| Exploitation prediction (EPSS) | 19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (97% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model. |
| Federal remediation deadline | 2026-05-29 (CISA KEV, Binding Operational Directive). |
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.
| Source | Reference |
|---|---|
| NVD | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172 |