VDB-139232 · CVE-2018-20925 · GCVE-0-2018-20925

cPanel up to 70.0.22 WHM Legacy Language File Upload unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in cPanel up to 70.0.22. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WHM Legacy Language File Upload. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-20925. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in cPanel up to 70.0.22 (Hosting Control Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WHM Legacy Language File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

cPanel before 70.0.23 allows local privilege escalation via the WHM Legacy Language File Upload interface (SEC-379).

The weakness was disclosed 08/01/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at documentation.cpanel.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-20925 since 07/31/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

Upgrading to version 70.0.23 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Hosting Control Software

Name

cPanel

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.7
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: cPanel 70.0.23

Timelineinfo

07/31/2019 🔍
08/01/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/02/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/18/2020 +351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: documentation.cpanel.net
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-20925 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-20925
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139232
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2019 11:46
Updated: 07/18/2020 10:08
Changes: 08/02/2019 11:46 (57), 07/18/2020 10:08 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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