What is CVE-2017-18425?

CVE-2017-18425 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-18425?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2017-18425

In cPanel before 66.0.2, the cpdavd_error_log file can be created with weak permissions (SEC-280).

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/66+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2017-0004-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18425?: CVE-2017-18425 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-18425?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.