CVE-2026-48172
Actively exploited. CVE-2026-48172 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-05-26) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2026-48172 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that can be abused by any cPanel user account to execute arbitrary scripts with root privileges.
- Who is affected
- Any cPanel user with access to the LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to the potential for arbitrary code execution and active exploitation.
- Action
- Users should apply the latest security patch for the LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 97% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2026-48172 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-48172: LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-05-26
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