CVE-2026-44962 (GCVE-0-2026-44962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-29 15:41 – Updated: 2026-05-29 16:43
VLAI
Summary
Plesk contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the APS Application Catalog search functionality, where user-supplied input is interpolated into XPath queries without proper sanitization. This allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server, resulting in local privilege escalation.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-643 - Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions ('XPath Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WebPros Plesk Affected: 18.0.75.1 , < 18.0.75.1 (semver)
Affected: 18.0.76.2 , < 18.0.76.2 (semver)
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