CVE-2018-20952
cPanel before 68.0.27 creates world-readable files during use of WHM Apache Includes Editor (SEC...
cPanel before 68.0.27 creates world-readable files during use of WHM Apache Includes Editor (SEC-388).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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
6.5
cPanel before 68.0.27 creates world-readable files during use of WHM Apache Includes Editor (SEC-388).
- Record
CVE-2018-20952- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 68.0.27 creates world-readable files during use of WHM Apache Includes Editor (SEC-388).
- Record
CVE-2018-20952- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13490 No score
cPanel before 68.0.27 creates world-readable files during use of WHM Apache Includes Editor (SEC-388).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13490- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-89cv-ff27-8523
6.5
cPanel before 68.0.27 creates world-readable files during use of WHM Apache Includes Editor (SEC...
cPanel before 68.0.27 creates world-readable files during use of WHM Apache Includes Editor (SEC-388).
- Record
GHSA-89cv-ff27-8523- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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-2018-20952 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.