{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2026-48172 in the wild since at least 26 May 2026.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-48172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 29 May 2026.","what":"CVE-2026-48172 is a critical vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies WHM Plugin, published on 21 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-48172 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-48172 is a critical vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies WHM Plugin, published on 21 May 2026. \nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2026-48172 in the wild since at least 26 May 2026.\n\nAffected product: LiteSpeed Technologies WHM Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48172/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-48172","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48172/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-48172","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fxrh-cwjh-m33v"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"litespeed_cpanel_plugin","vendor":"litespeedtech"},{"product":"litespeed_whm_plugin","vendor":"litespeedtech"}],"cvss":{"score":10,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-266","name":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment"}],"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\u003e/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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2026-05-23","github_poc":3,"max_poc_stars":2,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2026-05-23T08:00:37Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2026-48172","stars":2,"title":"CVE-2026-48172"},{"date":"2026-05-23T21:10:30Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/retmakarunia/CVE-2026-48172","stars":0,"title":"cPanel user run arbitrary scripts as root"},{"date":"2026-05-28T16:47:33Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/fevar54/CVE-2026-48172---LiteSpeed-cPanel-Plugin-Version-Auditor","stars":0,"title":"Auditor de version para CVE-2026-48172: verifica localmente si el plugin LiteSpeed de cPanel es vulnerable, sin explotar."}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2026-48172","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2026-05-26","dueDate":"2026-05-29","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"cPanel Plugin","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"LiteSpeed","vulnerabilityName":"LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Email with special content can lead to DoS","id":"CVE-2026-48187"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"scimPatch vulnerable to prototype pollution via unfiltered keys in patch","id":"CVE-2026-48170"},"products":["WHM Plugin","cPanel Plugin"],"published":"2026-05-21","related":[{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following","id":"CVE-2026-54420","kev_date_added":"2026-06-15","published":"2026-06-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-07","vendors":["LiteSpeed Technologies"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48172/"}