CVE-2020-10120
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd...
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd rsync shell (SEC-545).
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd rsync shell (SEC-545).
- Record
CVE-2020-10120- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd rsync shell (SEC-545).
- Record
CVE-2020-10120- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2583 No score
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd rsync shell (SEC-545).
- Record
EUVD-2020-2583- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vmr3-53wm-gfwf No score
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd...
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd rsync shell (SEC-545).
- Record
GHSA-vmr3-53wm-gfwf- Weakness
- CWE-863
- 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-2020-10120 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Cpanel, published March 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.71%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.