LiteSpeed — known exploited vulnerabilities
The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (KEV) lists vulnerabilities that CISA has confirmed are being exploited in the wild; U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate each entry by its due date. This page joins the KEV entries for LiteSpeed with NVD CVSS scores and CISA's ransomware-campaign flag. See our methodology or browse all CVEs.
Key findings
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists 2 LiteSpeed vulnerabilities confirmed as exploited in the wild across 1 product; none are currently flagged as used in known ransomware campaigns. All entries affect a single product: cPanel Plugin. CISA added 2 entries in 2026 so far, compared with 0 in 2025. Across the 2 entries with an NVD CVSS score (100% of the total), the average score is 9.2; 1 entry is rated critical by NVD. The most recent addition is CVE-2026-54420 (LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Vulnerability), added on 2026-06-15.
Affected products
| Product | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| cPanel Plugin | 2 | 100% |
Entries added per year
By date added to the KEV catalog
Exploited LiteSpeed vulnerabilities (2)
Newest first. CVSS scores from NVD where available.
| CVE | Product | Vulnerability | Date added | Ransomware | CVSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-54420 | cPanel Plugin | LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Vulnerability | 2026-06-15 | — | HIGH8.5 |
| CVE-2026-48172 | cPanel Plugin | LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | 2026-05-26 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, joined with NIST NVD CVSS data. Vendor names are normalized across spellings. Compare all vendors.