CVE-2018-20897
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation...
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation system (SEC-395).
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation system (SEC-395).
- Record
CVE-2018-20897- CVSS 3.0
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation system (SEC-395).
- Record
CVE-2018-20897- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13435 No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation system (SEC-395).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13435- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vhjq-qx3x-783x
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation...
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation system (SEC-395).
- Record
GHSA-vhjq-qx3x-783x- CVSS 3.0
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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-2018-20897 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.8) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.