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High · 8.5 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2026-54420 EUVD-2026-36657GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8

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 FT…

Published Jun 14, 2026 · Updated Jun 16, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Vendor: LiteSpeed Technologies Product: cPanel Plugin

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
LiteSpeed Technologies cPanel Plugin 2.3 – < 2.4.8 2.4.8

Public exploits

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GitHub 4 repositories

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