CVE ID: CVE-2026-48172
Published: May 21, 2026, 12:38 a.m.
Description: LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before 2.4.5 allows privilege escalation (possibly to root), as exploited in the wild in May 2026. LiteSpeed WHM Plugin (the parent plugin) is unaffected. 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.
Severity: 10.0 | CRITICAL
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CVE-2026-48172 - LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation
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Re: CVE-2026-48172 - LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172 Exploited to Run Scripts as Root
A maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS score: 10.0), relates to an instance of incorrect privilege assignment that an attacker could abuse to run arbitrary scripts with elevated permissions.
"Any cPanel user (including an attacker or a compromised account) may exploit the lsws.redisAble function to execute arbitrary scripts as root," LiteSpeed said.
The vulnerability impacts all versions of the plugin between 2.3 and 2.4.4. LiteSpeed's WHM plugin is not impacted. The issue has been addressed in version 2.4.5. Security researcher David Strydom has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw.
More information:
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/lites ... 48172.html
A maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS score: 10.0), relates to an instance of incorrect privilege assignment that an attacker could abuse to run arbitrary scripts with elevated permissions.
"Any cPanel user (including an attacker or a compromised account) may exploit the lsws.redisAble function to execute arbitrary scripts as root," LiteSpeed said.
The vulnerability impacts all versions of the plugin between 2.3 and 2.4.4. LiteSpeed's WHM plugin is not impacted. The issue has been addressed in version 2.4.5. Security researcher David Strydom has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw.
More information:
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/lites ... 48172.html