CVE-2018-20882

6.8 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (6.8) in cpanel cpanel. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).

Severity

6.8 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2019-08-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19