What is CVE-2017-18406?

CVE-2017-18406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-18406?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Cpanel

CVE-2017-18406

cPanel before 67.9999.103 allows SQL injection during eximstats processing (SEC-276).

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/68+Change+Log (Product, Release Notes)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2017-0005-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18406?: CVE-2017-18406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-18406?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.