What is CVE-2017-18405?

CVE-2017-18405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-18405?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cpanel

CVE-2017-18405

cPanel before 68.0.15 allows arbitrary file-read operations because of the backup .htaccess modification logic (SEC-345).

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/68+Change+Log (Product, Release Notes)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2017-0006-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18405?: CVE-2017-18405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-18405?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.