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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. …

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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.
CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.6/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 10: +1.50
  • Fresh EPSS: 17.91%: +0.09

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 10 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

The Hacker News
Press · 15 Sep 2026, 07:00 · LiteSpeed Enterprise Flaw Could Let One Hosting Account Gain Root Access on a Shared Server - The Hacker News
The Hacker News
Press · 28 Aug 2026, 07:00 · Critical cPanel Flaw Could Let One Hosting Customer Take Root Control of a Whole Server - The Hacker News
BleepingComputer
Press · 16 Jun 2026, 07:00 · CISA warns of another cPanel plugin flaw exploited in attacks - BleepingComputer
Recorded Future
Press · 08 Jun 2026, 07:00 · May 2026 CVE Landscape - Recorded Future
SecurityWeek
Press · 27 May 2026, 07:00 · CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Zero-Day - SecurityWeek
See all 10 source documents
BleepingComputer
Press · 27 May 2026, 07:00 · CISA gives feds 3 days to patch actively exploited cPanel plugin flaw - BleepingComputer
Rescana
Press · 24 May 2026, 07:00 · Critical Active Exploitation Alert: CVE-2026-48172 in LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Enables Root Privilege Escalation - Rescana
Rescana
Press · 24 May 2026, 07:00 · Active Exploitation Alert: Laravel Lang PHP Packages Compromised in Supply Chain Attack to Deploy Credential-Stealing Malware - Rescana
The Hacker News
Press · 23 May 2026, 07:00 · LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172 Exploited to Run Scripts as Root - The Hacker News
CyberSecurityNews
Press · 22 May 2026, 07:00 · LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin 0-Day Exploited in the wild to Gain Server Root Access - CyberSecurityNews

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.6 (2026-11-02 15:14). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

0

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 10; EPSS 17.9%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 14:00:13.371876+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Published
21 May 2026, 00:38
First press mention
22 May 2026, 07:00
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
26 May 2026, 00:00
Latest press mention
15 Sep 2026, 07:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 14:00
Source: CVE List V5 · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · GitHub · RSSVulnRadar