Is CVE-2018-20940 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-20940 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-20940?

CVE-2018-20940 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-20940?

CVE-2018-20940 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (18th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-20940?

Upgrade cpanel to 68.0.27 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-20940

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

cPanel before 68.0.27 allows attackers to read root's crontab file during a short time interval upon the enabling of backups (SEC-342).

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

cpanelNVD

Affected:>= 67.9999.64, < 68.0.27Fixed in:68.0.27CVE-2018-20940derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
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CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.