What is CVE-2018-20882?

CVE-2018-20882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20882?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20882

cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).

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

Published 2019-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.3% 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/74+Change+Log (Product, Release Notes)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2018-0005-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20882?: CVE-2018-20882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20882?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.