LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172
Affected packages
No package-level mapping for this advisory.
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Yes
- EPSS score
- 18.91%
- EPSS percentile
- 97.0%
EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs. This advisory is in the top 97%.
Sources
No external sources available.
Recommended response stack
Snyk — Scan your dependencies in CI and fix this vulnerability.→Socket — Detect malicious and compromised packages before they ship.→
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