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CVE-2018-20924

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-read and file-unlink operations via WHM style uploads...

5.5 Medium

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-read and file-unlink operations via WHM style uploads (SEC-378).

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.83%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-read and file-unlink operations via WHM style uploads (SEC-378).

Record
CVE-2018-20924
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-read and file-unlink operations via WHM style uploads (SEC-378).

Record
CVE-2018-20924
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13462 No score

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-read and file-unlink operations via WHM style uploads (SEC-378).

Record
EUVD-2018-13462
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jp96-w4wf-hxwj 5.5

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-read and file-unlink operations via WHM style uploads...

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows arbitrary file-read and file-unlink operations via WHM style uploads (SEC-378).

Record
GHSA-jp96-w4wf-hxwj
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-20924 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 0.83%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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