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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.9

CVE-2026-44962 json

Plesk contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the APS Application Catalog search functionality, where user-supplied input is interpola…

published 2026-05-29 5 mo ago modified 2026-08-14 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-33344

cvss
9.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • WebPros Plesk 18.0.75.1, 18.0.76.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • WebPros Plesk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-643 Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions

References

Sources

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