VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-20496
cPanel before 82.0.18 allows attackers to conduct arbitrary chown operations as root during log processing (SEC-532).
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
cPanel before 82.0.18 allows attackers to conduct arbitrary chown operations as root during log processing (SEC-532).
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 22th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cpanel/cpanel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/82+Change+LogVendor Advisory
- https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/82+Change+LogVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.