What is CVE-2018-20912?

CVE-2018-20912 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20912?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20912

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows demo accounts to execute code via awstats (SEC-362).

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

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/70+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20912?: CVE-2018-20912 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20912?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.