CVE-2018-20888: cPanel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cPanel before 74.0.0 allows file modification in the context of the root account because of incorrect HTTP authentication (SEC-424).

Affected products

• cPanel cPanel: from 69.9999.122, before 70.0.53 (fixed in 70.0.53); from 71.9980.30, before 72.0.10 (fixed in 72.0.10); from 73.9980.0, before 74.0.0 (fixed in 74.0.0)

Published 2019-08-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.