What is CVE-2018-20905?

CVE-2018-20905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20905?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20905

cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows attackers to make API calls that bypass the backup feature restriction (SEC-429).

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/72+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20905?: CVE-2018-20905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20905?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.