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CVE-2018-20938

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20938 describes a low-severity vulnerability in cPanel versions prior to 68.0.27, where the addpkgext and delpkgext WHM API calls fail to enforce proper ownership. This flaw could allow a highly privileged attacker to impact system integrity by manipulating packages, though it does not lead to confidentiality or availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 67.9999.64, < 68.0.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

2.7LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 709 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

documentation.cpanel.net / display/CL/68+Change+Log
Release NotesVendor Advisory