Is CVE-2026-44962 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-44962 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-44962?

CVE-2026-44962 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-44962?

CVE-2026-44962 has an EPSS score of 0.69% (48th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-44962

CRITICAL

9.9

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-643

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.69%probability of exploitation in 30 days

48thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 48% of all known CVEs.

References

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

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-29.