CVE-2018-20879
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows demo accounts to execute arbitrary code via the Fileman::viewfile API...
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows demo accounts to execute arbitrary code via the Fileman::viewfile API (SEC-444).
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 74.0.8 allows demo accounts to execute arbitrary code via the Fileman::viewfile API (SEC-444).
- Record
CVE-2018-20879- 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-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows demo accounts to execute arbitrary code via the Fileman::viewfile API (SEC-444).
- Record
CVE-2018-20879- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13417 No score
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows demo accounts to execute arbitrary code via the Fileman::viewfile API (SEC-444).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13417- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xmg2-x9p7-8396
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows demo accounts to execute arbitrary code via the Fileman::viewfile API...
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows demo accounts to execute arbitrary code via the Fileman::viewfile API (SEC-444).
- Record
GHSA-xmg2-x9p7-8396- 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-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-2018-20879 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.