What is CVE-2018-20908?

CVE-2018-20908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20908?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20908

cPanel before 71.9980.37 allows arbitrary file-read operations during pkgacct custom template handling (SEC-435).

EPSS: 0.003 (26.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cpanel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20908?: CVE-2018-20908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20908?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.