CVE-2026-48614 (GCVE-0-2026-48614)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-06 16:46 – Updated: 2026-07-06 17:39
VLAI
Summary
An improper authorization vulnerability in the Plesk XML API allows an authenticated user to inject arbitrary configuration directives, resulting in arbitrary file write as root and full privilege escalation on the underlying server.
Severity
9.9 (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
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WebPros Plesk Affected: 0 , < 18.0.78 (semver)
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