CVE-2018-20908
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template...
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template handling (SEC-435).
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template handling (SEC-435).
- Record
CVE-2018-20908- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template handling (SEC-435).
- Record
CVE-2018-20908- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13446 No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template handling (SEC-435).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13446- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-456c-2rgc-q4mf No score
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template...
cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template handling (SEC-435).
- Record
GHSA-456c-2rgc-q4mf- 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-2018-20908 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) 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.