CVE-2018-20909
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups ...
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups (SEC-338).
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
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups (SEC-338).
- Record
CVE-2018-20909- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups (SEC-338).
- Record
CVE-2018-20909- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13447 No score
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups (SEC-338).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13447- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mw58-q733-ph62 No score
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups ...
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups (SEC-338).
- Record
GHSA-mw58-q733-ph62- 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-2018-20909 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) 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.