Actively exploited in the wild
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
LiteSpeed - cPanel Plugin · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2026-05-26. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
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.
CVE-2026-48172
CriticalCVSS 9.8KEVExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk97th percentile - higher than 97% of all known CVEs
Summary
Privilege escalation vulnerability in LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before version 2.4.5. An attacker can gain root privileges. The vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can fully compromise the server, install malware, and steal data. Immediate update and log inspection are recommended.
Recommendation
Update LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin to version 2.4.7 or later. Check logs using the command grep -rE "cpanel_jsonapi_func=redisAble" /var/cpanel/logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/ 2>/dev/null.
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Original NVD description (English source)
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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

