THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-26098
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2020-26098

Cpanel vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
cPanel before 88.0.3 mishandles the Exim filter path, leading to remote code execution (SEC-485).
Affected vendor
Cpanel
Affected product
Cpanel
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-09-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-26098

  • Confirm whether Cpanel Cpanel is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-26098.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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