Vulnerability Intelligence Report
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
Automatable
CVSS Base Score
10.0
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:18.91%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-266 ↗CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| LiteSpeed Technologies | cPanel Plugin | 2.3 < 2.4.7 (affected) |
| LiteSpeed Technologies | WHM Plugin | 0 < 5.3.1.0 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-05-21T00:38:03 |
| Published | 2026-05-21T00:38:04 |
| Last Updated | 2026-05-27T03:55:24 |
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