What is GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8?

GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. LiteSpeed cPanel plugin before 2.4.8 (as distributed in LiteSpeed WHM PlugIn before 5.3.2.0)...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8 cover?

GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-54420. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8?

GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8HighCVSS 8.5

LiteSpeed cPanel plugin before 2.4.8 (as distributed in LiteSpeed WHM PlugIn before 5.3.2.0)...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 14, 2026

Last Modified

June 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-54420 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54420
https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2026/06/01/security-update-for-litespeed-cpanel-plugin-2
https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/control-panel-support/cpanel
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g44-c4qc-cxm8