CVE-2017-18468
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API...
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API (SEC-232).
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API (SEC-232).
- Record
CVE-2017-18468- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API (SEC-232).
- Record
CVE-2017-18468- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9584 No score
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API (SEC-232).
- Record
EUVD-2017-9584- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xf76-6hww-jr27
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API...
cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API (SEC-232).
- Record
GHSA-xf76-6hww-jr27- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-94
- 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-2017-18468 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Cpanel, published August 5, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.