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Fencer Intel
medium 5.4

CVE-2017-18408 json

cPanel before 67.9999.103 allows stored XSS in WHM MySQL Password Change interfaces (SEC-282).

published 2019-08-02 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-9524

cvss
5.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

cPanel before 67.9999.103 allows stored XSS in WHM MySQL Password Change interfaces (SEC-282).

Patch / fix

  • cpanel cpanel 56.0.52, 60.0.48, 62.0.30, 64.0.40, 66.0.23, 67.9999.103

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.