What is CVE-2019-20495?

CVE-2019-20495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-20495?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2019-20495

cPanel before 82.0.18 allows attackers to read an arbitrary database via MySQL dump streaming (SEC-531).

Published 2020-03-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% 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

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/82+Change+Log (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20495?: CVE-2019-20495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-20495?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.