What is CVE-2019-17375?

CVE-2019-17375 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-17375?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2019-17375

cPanel before 82.0.15 allows API token credentials to persist after an account has been renamed or terminated (SEC-517).

Published 2019-10-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/82+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2019-0005-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17375?: CVE-2019-17375 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-17375?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.