PT-2019-10311 · Cpanel · Cpanel

Published 2019-08-01 · Updated 2019-08-08 · CVE-2018-20882

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: cPanel versions prior to 74.0.8

Description: The issue allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 74.0.8, update to version 74.0.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20882

Affected Products

Cpanel

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20882 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20882 · Vendor Advisory
• https://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2018-0005-full-disclosure · Vendor Advisory
• https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/74+Change+Log · Note