CVE-2019-14394
cPanel before 80.0.5 allows unsafe file operations in the context of the root account via the...
cPanel before 80.0.5 allows unsafe file operations in the context of the root account via the fetch_ssl_certificates_for_fqdns API (SEC-489).
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 80.0.5 allows unsafe file operations in the context of the root account via the fetch_ssl_certificates_for_fqdns API (SEC-489).
- Record
CVE-2019-14394- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 80.0.5 allows unsafe file operations in the context of the root account via the fetch_ssl_certificates_for_fqdns API (SEC-489).
- Record
CVE-2019-14394- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-5600 No score
cPanel before 80.0.5 allows unsafe file operations in the context of the root account via the fetch_ssl_certificates_for_fqdns API (SEC-489).
- Record
EUVD-2019-5600- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wq46-x325-w3j6 No score
cPanel before 80.0.5 allows unsafe file operations in the context of the root account via the...
cPanel before 80.0.5 allows unsafe file operations in the context of the root account via the fetch_ssl_certificates_for_fqdns API (SEC-489).
- Record
GHSA-wq46-x325-w3j6- 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-2019-14394 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Cpanel, published July 30, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.