CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-20888

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 01, 2019 | Modified: Aug 07, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cpanel Cpanel 69.9999.122 (including) 70.0.53 (excluding)
Cpanel Cpanel 71.9980.30 (including) 72.0.10 (excluding)
Cpanel Cpanel 73.9980.0 (including) 74.0.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References