What is CVE-2018-20926?

CVE-2018-20926 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20926?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20926

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cpanel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20926?: CVE-2018-20926 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20926?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.