CVE-2018-20882
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account...
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).
- Record
CVE-2018-20882- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).
- Record
CVE-2018-20882- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13420 No score
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13420- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9qgv-3f8w-3rhw
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account...
cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).
- Record
GHSA-9qgv-3f8w-3rhw- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - 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-2018-20882 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.