🔴 Critical: LiteSpeed Enterprise Flaw Could Let One Hosting Account Gain Root Access on a Shared Server
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A critical vulnerability in LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise could allow a low-privilege website user to obtain root access on a shared-hosting server, according to an advisory from cPanel published on September 14.
Shared hosting environments run many customers' sites on a single machine. Because of this, an attacker who controls even one hosting account could exploit the flaw to access or alter other sites hosted on the same server, as well as the server itself.
At this time, no specific CVE ID or advisory identifier has been provided in the available reporting, so administrators should refer to the vendor's official channels for tracking details. Details on affected versions, indicators of compromise, and mitigation steps were not included in the source material.
Source: The Hacker News
If your organization runs shared hosting on LiteSpeed Enterprise, have you already applied mitigations or are you waiting on further guidance?
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