What is CVE-2017-18430?

CVE-2017-18430 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-18430?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cpanel

CVE-2017-18430

In cPanel before 66.0.2, user and group ownership may be incorrectly set when using reassign_post_terminate_cruft (SEC-294).

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

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

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-2017-18430?: CVE-2017-18430 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-18430?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.