--- title: "CVE-2026-48172: Incorrect Privilege Assignment | CubePath" 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…" language: en source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48172 --- # CVE-2026-48172: Incorrect Privilege Assignment | CubePath ## 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. Official description from the CVE record, published by mitre. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48172) ## Key data ### CVSS 4.0 Critical 10.0 Score published by mitre in the CVE record. 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 | Metric | Value | What it means | | ----------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. | | Attack complexity | Low | No measurable action is needed to get around the system's built-in security controls. The attack is repeatable. | | Attack requirements | None | The attack works without any special deployment or execution conditions. | | Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. | | User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. | | Vulnerable system: confidentiality | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. | | Vulnerable system: integrity | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. | | Vulnerable system: availability | High | Serious or total effect on availability. | | Subsequent systems: confidentiality | High | Serious or total effect on other systems' data secrecy. | | Subsequent systems: integrity | High | Serious or total effect on other systems' data trustworthiness. | | Subsequent systems: availability | High | Serious or total effect on other systems' availability. | CVSS is owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. (FIRST) and is used by permission. Each CVSS score on this site is shown together with its vector string, as published in the CVE record by the source named next to it. Learn more at [first.org/cvss](https://www.first.org/cvss/) . ### EPSS Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days. Score 0.17915 (17.9% probability) Percentile 97.2% Scores of Nov 10, 2026 Model v2026.06.15 ### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Name in the catalog LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Added to the catalog May 26, 2026 Federal due date May 29, 2026 ### CISA assessment as of May 27, 2026 Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA. Exploitation Recorded by CISA as active Automatable yes Technical impact total ### Weakness (CWE) CWE catalog version 5.0. CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license. - [CWE-266](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/266.html) Incorrect Privilege Assignment ## Affected products Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them. - LiteSpeed Technologies cPanel Plugin - affected: 2.3 up to before 2.4.7 - LiteSpeed Technologies WHM Plugin - affected: before 5.3.1.0 ## References Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control. - [litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-pan…](https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanel) - [litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-pan…](https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/release-log) - [blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-lites…](https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/05/21/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin/) ## Timeline 1. ID reserved May 21, 2026 2. Record published May 21, 2026 3. Added to CISA KEV May 26, 2026 4. Record last updated Oct 7, 2026 ## Look up another CVE ## About CubePath CubePath is a cloud provider with data centers in Europe and the United States. It offers VPS, bare metal servers and DDoS protection. [Cloud VPS](https://cubepath.com/vps) [DDoS protection](https://cubepath.com/ddos-protection) Data from the CVE Program (MITRE), CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. CVSS is owned by FIRST and used by permission. Not affiliated with or endorsed by MITRE, CISA or FIRST. Data as of Nov 10, 2026, 19:11 UTC. [Sources and licenses](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal)