CVE-2017-18461
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows does not preserve security policy questions across an account rename...
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows does not preserve security policy questions across an account rename (SEC-223).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 62.0.17 allows does not preserve security policy questions across an account rename (SEC-223).
- Record
CVE-2017-18461- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows does not preserve security policy questions across an account rename (SEC-223).
- Record
CVE-2017-18461- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9577 No score
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows does not preserve security policy questions across an account rename (SEC-223).
- Record
EUVD-2017-9577- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g7pf-w2hx-36ch
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows does not preserve security policy questions across an account rename...
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows does not preserve security policy questions across an account rename (SEC-223).
- Record
GHSA-g7pf-w2hx-36ch- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2017-18461 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Cpanel, published August 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.