What is CVE-2017-18447?

CVE-2017-18447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-18447?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cpanel

CVE-2017-18447

cPanel before 64.0.21 allows demo accounts to execute code via the ClamScanner_getsocket API (SEC-251).

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

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% 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-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/64+Change+Log (Product, Release Notes)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2017-0003-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18447?: CVE-2017-18447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-18447?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.