FKIE_CVE-2026-44962

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-29 16:16 - Updated: 2026-05-29 16:33
Severity
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/38633651286679-Vulnerability-CVE-2026-44962-in-Plesk-s-APS-Catalog
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  "lastModified": "2026-05-29T16:33:43.467",
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