CVE•Published 2026-06-14•Modified 2026-06-16•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-54420Litespeedtech · Litespeed_cpanel_plugin
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
26
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 74% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-14
Modified 2026-06-16
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-54420Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · WP plugin path
http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/litespeed-cpanel-plugin/"Matches any site loading the "litespeed-cpanel-plugin" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.
Shodan · product
product:"Litespeedtech Litespeed Cpanel Plugin"All exposed Litespeedtech Litespeed Cpanel Plugin instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Litespeed Cpanel Plugin"HTTP body or banner mentions "Litespeed Cpanel Plugin" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-54420Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-54420Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-54420Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-54420GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-54420" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.