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CVE-2019-20492

cPanel before 82.0.18 allows authentication bypass because of misparsing of the format of the password file (SEC-516).

cPanel before 82.0.18 allows authentication bypass because of misparsing of the format of the password file (SEC-516).

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.00188
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
cpanel>= 77.9999.110 and < 78.0.43
cpanel>= 81.9999.242 and < 82.0.18
cpanel>= 83.9999.115 and < 84.0.10
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Mar 2020 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/82+Change+LogVendor Advisory
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