What is CVE-2018-20883?

CVE-2018-20883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20883?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20883

cPanel before 74.0.8 allows FTP access during account suspension (SEC-449).

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

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.4% 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/74+Change+Log (Product, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20883?: CVE-2018-20883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20883?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.