CVE-2026-48172

Published: Mag 21, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 21, 2026

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Other exploit source:

Google Dorks:

CRITICAL 10,0

Source: [email protected]

Attack Vector: network

Attack Complexity: low

Privileges Required: none

User Interaction: none

Confidentiality: N/A

Integrity: N/A

Availability: N/A

Description

AI Translation Available

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.

266

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Draft

Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple

Common Consequences

Security Scopes Affected:

Access Control

Potential Impacts:

Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity

Applicable Platforms

All platforms may be affected

View CWE Details

https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server…

https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-suppo…