{"id":"CVE-2018-20882","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-20882","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:13:01.054Z","title":"cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).","description":"cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).","published":"2019-08-01T13:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:53:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["cpanel/cpanel"],"epss":{"score":0.00379,"percentile":0.31684,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/74+Change+Log","tags":["Product","Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2018-0005-full-disclosure/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/74+Change+Log","tags":["Product","Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20882","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}