CVE-2017-18457
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-read operations via WHM /styled/ URLs (SEC-218).
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-read operations via WHM /styled/ URLs (SEC-218).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-read operations via WHM /styled/ URLs (SEC-218).
- Record
CVE-2017-18457- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-read operations via WHM /styled/ URLs (SEC-218).
- Record
CVE-2017-18457- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9573 No score
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-read operations via WHM /styled/ URLs (SEC-218).
- Record
EUVD-2017-9573- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w3g9-3892-9wm9
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-read operations via WHM /styled/ URLs (SEC-218).
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-read operations via WHM /styled/ URLs (SEC-218).
- Record
GHSA-w3g9-3892-9wm9- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- 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-2017-18457 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Cpanel, published August 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.