What is CVE-2018-20947?

CVE-2018-20947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20947?

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

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20947

cPanel before 68.0.27 allows certain file-write operations via the telnetcrt script (SEC-356).

EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th 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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cpanel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20947?: CVE-2018-20947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20947?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.