CVE-2018-20888

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

cPanel before 74.0.0 allows file modification in the context of the root account because of incorrect HTTP authentication (SEC-424).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 1, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2018

CVE-2018-208894.4cPanel before 74.0.0 allows certain file-read operations via password file caching (SEC-425).CVE-2018-208904.3cPanel before 74.0.0 allows arbitrary zone file modifications during record edits (SEC-426).CVE-2018-208915.5cPanel before 74.0.0 allows arbitrary file-read operations during File Restoration (SEC-436).CVE-2018-208924.3cPanel before 74.0.0 allows arbitrary zone file modifications because of incorrect CAA record handling (SEC-439).CVE-2018-208932.3cPanel before 74.0.0 allows file-rename operations during account renames (SEC-442).CVE-2018-208943.3cPanel before 74.0.0 makes web-site contents accessible to other local users via Git repositories (SEC-443).CVE-2018-208957.2In cPanel before 71.9980.37, API tokens retain ACLs after those ACLs are removed from the corresponding accounts (SEC-393).CVE-2018-208963.9cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows code injection in the WHM cPAddons interface (SEC-394).CVE-2018-208972.8cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-unlink operations via the cPAddons moderation system (SEC-395).CVE-2018-208984.3cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows e-mail injection during cPAddons moderation (SEC-396).CVE-2018-208996.1cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows stored XSS in the WHM cPAddons installation interface (SEC-398).CVE-2018-209006.1cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows stored XSS in the YUM autorepair functionality (SEC-399).
CVE-2018-20888: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix