CVE-2018-20926

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Locale XML Upload interface (SEC-380).

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/70+Change+Log	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-08-01 16:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 17:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-20926

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20926

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20926

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cpanel

cpanel

CWE

CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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