Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2019
CVE-2018-20926
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380)
6.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CP
Cpanel · Cpanel
61.9999.55 before 62.0.42; 67.9999.64 before 68.0.33; 69.9999.122 before 70.0.23 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20926
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20926
Release Notes
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/70+Change+Log
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