FKIE_CVE-2017-18438

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-08-02 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:12
Severity
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
cPanel before 64.0.21 allows demo accounts to execute code via Encoding API calls (SEC-242).
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/64+Change+LogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
nvd@nist.govhttps://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2017-0003-full-disclosure/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/64+Change+LogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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