CVE-2018-20905
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature...
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature restriction (SEC-429).
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
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature restriction (SEC-429).
- Record
CVE-2018-20905- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature restriction (SEC-429).
- Record
CVE-2018-20905- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13443 No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature restriction (SEC-429).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13443- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-56jv-f947-xgwx No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature...
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature restriction (SEC-429).
- Record
GHSA-56jv-f947-xgwx- 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-2018-20905 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.