Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-44962

WebPros Plesk
CVSS 3.1
9.9Critical

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.9Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (hackerone) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
WebPros Plesk v < 18.0.75.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
WebPros Plesk v < 18.0.76.2 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-05-29
Last updated
2026-08-14
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
hackerone

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.68%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
52.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-643
    Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions ('XPath Injection')