# CVE-2026-44962

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-44962
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 9.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-643
- **Published:** May 29, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Aug 14, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- WebPros — Plesk (18.0.75.1)
- WebPros — Plesk (18.0.76.2)
- WebPros — Plesk (0)

## References

- [CNA](https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/38633651286679-Vulnerability-CVE-2026-44962-in-Plesk-s-APS-Catalog)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.69%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 50.4

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._