Cybersecurity Alerts

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin contains privilege escalation vulnerability that is exposed via the user-end cPanel plugin, which can be abused by any cPanel user account to execute arbitrary scripts with root privileges.

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Classification

CWE-266

References

• https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48172