CVE-2018-20889
cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).
cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).
- Record
CVE-2018-20889- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).
- Record
CVE-2018-20889- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13427 No score
cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13427- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rpgv-g36x-wp24
cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).
cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).
- Record
GHSA-rpgv-g36x-wp24- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2018-20889 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.