privilege escalation RCE

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin vulnerability

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172: Arbitrary Root Script Execution (Active Exploitation)

Critical: Any cPanel User Can Become Root LiteSpeed's cPanel plugin has a privilege escalation flaw that's actively being exploited right now. Any cPanel user on your server—including a compromised account—can run arbitrary scripts as root. CVSS 10.0. This isn't theoretical. What