CVE-2017-18463

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

cPanel before 62.0.17 allows code execution in the context of the root account via a long DocumentRoot path (SEC-225).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 2, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2017

CVE-2017-184644.9cPanel before 62.0.17 allows arbitrary file-overwrite operations via the WHM Zone Template editor (SEC-226).CVE-2017-184654.4cPanel before 62.0.17 does not have a sufficient list of reserved usernames (SEC-227).CVE-2017-184662.7cPanel before 62.0.17 does not properly recognize domain ownership during addition of parked domains to a mail configuration (SEC-228).CVE-2017-184674.3cPanel before 62.0.17 allows access to restricted resources because of a URL filtering error (SEC-229).CVE-2017-184686.3cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via the Htaccess::setphppreference API (SEC-232).CVE-2017-184696.3cPanel before 62.0.17 allows demo accounts to execute code via an NVData_fetchinc API call (SEC-233).CVE-2017-184708.8cPanel before 62.0.4 has a fixed password for the Munin MySQL test account (SEC-196).CVE-2017-184715.4cPanel before 62.0.4 allows self XSS on the paper_lantern password-change screen (SEC-197).CVE-2017-184726.1cPanel before 62.0.4 allows reflected XSS in reset-password interfaces (SEC-198).CVE-2017-184735.4cPanel before 62.0.4 allows self XSS on the webmail Password and Security page (SEC-199).CVE-2017-184746.5cPanel before 62.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via Exim valiases (SEC-201).CVE-2017-184758.8In cPanel before 62.0.4, Exim piped filters ran in the context of an incorrect user account when delivering to a system user (SEC-204).
CVE-2017-18463: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix