{"cve":"CVE-2026-48172","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-21T02:16:33.760","modified":"2026-10-07T19:17:37.590","status":"Analyzed","description":"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_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","score":10.0},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-266"],"references":["https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/","https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanel","https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/release-log","https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48172"],"products":["litespeedtech:litespeed_cpanel_plugin","litespeedtech:litespeed_whm_plugin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:35:16.954578616+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-48172","score":0.17915,"percentile":0.97156,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2026-48172","date_added":"2026-05-26","due_date":"2026-05-29","vendor":"LiteSpeed","product":"cPanel Plugin","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}