CVE-2017-18401
cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats ...
cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats (SEC-334).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats (SEC-334).
- Record
CVE-2017-18401- CVSS 3.0
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats (SEC-334).
- Record
CVE-2017-18401- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9517 No score
cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats (SEC-334).
- Record
EUVD-2017-9517- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rghq-cp9m-4mcj
cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats ...
cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats (SEC-334).
- Record
GHSA-rghq-cp9m-4mcj- CVSS 3.0
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18401 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.7) in Cpanel, published August 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.