CVE-2026-54420 | LiteSpeed cPanel plugin before 2.4.8 (as distributed in Lite… | CVSS 8.5 HIGH

Description

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-54420
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 2026-06-14 03:23 UTC
Published: 2026-06-14 03:23 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-14 03:23 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-61
CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Vendor / Product: LiteSpeed Technologies / cPanel Plugin
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
LiteSpeed Technologies	cPanel Plugin	Linux	2.3 < 2.4.8

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-61	cna	CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
8.5	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)