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TI-2026-32824 Aliases CVE-2026-44962GHSA-2785-qq7p-x3cj

Plesk contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the APS Application Catalog search…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-643Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00686 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Plesk (WebPros): 18.0.75.1, 18.0.76.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
WebProsPleskbefore 18.0.75.1; before 18.0.76.218.0.75.1, 18.0.76.2Patch availableCNA
  • Plesk VendorWebPros Affected before 18.0.75.1; before 18.0.76.2 Fixed in 18.0.75.1, 18.0.76.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Plesk (WebPros) Fixed in 18.0.75.1, 18.0.76.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44962
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2785-qq7p-x3cj
  3. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-30342 WebPros cPanel and WHM Authentication Bypass via Login Flow KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-46792 Eval injection in cPanel 11.138.0.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as root. CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-40383 Plesk Obsidian versions 8.0.1 through 18.0.73 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-23322 Incorrect privileges management and insufficient path filtering allow to read arbitrary… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-47685 Deserialization of untrusted data in WebPros WHMCS CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-23317 Authorization bypass in WebPros Comet Backup CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
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Sources

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