CVE-2026-48172 lets cPanel users run scripts as root, affecting LiteSpeed plugin 2.3–2.4.4 and exposing servers.
Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.
Days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in popular web hosting software cPanel and WHM, hackers keep targeting and hacking websites.