CVE-2026-54420 LiteSpeed Technologies CPanel Plugin
LiteSpeed cPanel plugin before 2.4.8 (as distributed in LiteSpeed WHM PlugIn before 5.3.2.0) mishandles symlinks provided by a user with FTP or web shell access on a shared hosting server running CloudLinux/CageFS, as exploited in the wild in May 2026.
- CVSS
- 8.5 High
- EPSS
- 1.4%
- Percentile
- 74
- Published
- 2026-06-14
- Force
- 9 of 12
- Public PoC
- 4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
On CISA’s exploited list
LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Vulnerability
- Added
- 2026-06-15
- Federal patch deadline
- 2026-06-18
- Ransomware use
- not known