Incorrect Privilege Assignment in LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin and LiteSpeed WHM Plugin - CVE-2026-48172
Published: May 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132249
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-48172
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LiteSpeed Technologies
Affected software:
LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin
LiteSpeed WHM Plugin
LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin
LiteSpeed WHM Plugin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect privilege assignment. A remote authenticated cPanel user can abuse the lsws.redisAble function to execute arbitrary scripts as root.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-48172
Install updates from vendor's website.