LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin
YES - ON THE CISA KEV LIST
CVE-2026-48172
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
166 days past due
LiteSpeed: 2 entries (0.1% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 2 added in 2026.
BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.
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Description
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.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: LiteSpeed
- CVE-2026-54420 - cPanel Plugin (2026-06-15)
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