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    LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172 Exploited to Run Scripts as Root

    A maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS score: 10.0), relates to an instance of incorrect privilege assignment that an attacker could abuse to run arbitrary scripts with elevated permissions. "Any cPanel user (including an attacker or a compromised account) may

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    Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/litespeed-cpanel-plugin-cve-2026-48172.html

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