What is CVE-2018-20885?

CVE-2018-20885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20885?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20885

cPanel before 74.0.0 allows Apache HTTP Server configuration injection because of DocumentRoot variable interpolation (SEC-416).

EPSS: 0.008 (51.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cpanel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Product, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20885?: CVE-2018-20885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20885?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.