CVE-2018-20926
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface ...
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).
- Record
CVE-2018-20926- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).
- Record
CVE-2018-20926- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13464 No score
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13464- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j3q2-r72p-m5g6 No score
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface ...
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).
- Record
GHSA-j3q2-r72p-m5g6- 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-2018-20926 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.