CVE-2018-20941
cPanel before 68.0.27 allows arbitrary file-read operations via restore adminbin (SEC-349).
cPanel before 68.0.27 allows arbitrary file-read operations via restore adminbin (SEC-349).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- 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 68.0.27 allows arbitrary file-read operations via restore adminbin (SEC-349).
- Record
CVE-2018-20941- CVSS 3.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 68.0.27 allows arbitrary file-read operations via restore adminbin (SEC-349).
- Record
CVE-2018-20941- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13479 No score
cPanel before 68.0.27 allows arbitrary file-read operations via restore adminbin (SEC-349).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13479- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j67m-jh73-7w8h
cPanel before 68.0.27 allows arbitrary file-read operations via restore adminbin (SEC-349).
cPanel before 68.0.27 allows arbitrary file-read operations via restore adminbin (SEC-349).
- Record
GHSA-j67m-jh73-7w8h- CVSS 3.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2018-20941 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.