cPanel before 70.0.23 allows any user to disable Solr (SEC-371).

published 2019-08-01 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-13455

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cpanel cpanel 70.0.23

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Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

documentation.cpanel.net /display/CL/70+Change+Log
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-20917
NVD CVE-2018-20917

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