CVE-2018-20882

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

cPanel anterior a versión 74.0.8, permite operaciones de escritura de archivos arbitrarias en el contexto de la cuenta root durante un Force de Cambio de Contraseña de WHM (SEC-447).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-07-31 CVE Reserved
2019-08-01 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/74+Change+Log	Product

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2018-0005-full-disclosure	2019-08-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel"		Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel"				>= 69.9999.122 < 70.0.57 Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel" and version " >= 69.9999.122 < 70.0.57"		-		Affected
Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel"		Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel"				>= 73.9980.0 < 74.0.8 Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel" and version " >= 73.9980.0 < 74.0.8"		-		Affected