What is CVE-2019-14404?

CVE-2019-14404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-14404?

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

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2019-14404

cPanel before 78.0.18 allows certain file-read operations in the context of the root account via the Exim virtual_user_spam router (SEC-484).

Published 2019-07-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/78+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14404?: CVE-2019-14404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-14404?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.