CVE-2020-12785: cPanel

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cPanel before 86.0.14 allows attackers to obtain access to the current working directory via the account backup feature (SEC-540).

Affected products

• cPanel cPanel: from 11.78.0.1, before 11.78.0.47 (fixed in 11.78.0.47); from 11.84.0.0, before 11.84.0.22 (fixed in 11.84.0.22); from 11.86.0.1, before 11.86.0.14 (fixed in 11.86.0.14)

Published 2020-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.