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Publication date: 2025-12-11

Last updated on: 2025-12-15

Assigner: MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in cPanel 110 through 132. A directory traversal vulnerability within the Team Manager API allows for overwrite of an arbitrary file. This can allow for privilege escalation to the root user.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-12-11

Last Modified

2025-12-15

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-12-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-66429

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
cpanel	cpanel	From 110.0.0 (inc) to 126.0.37 (exc)
cpanel	cpanel	From 128.0.1 (inc) to 130.0.16 (exc)
cpanel	cpanel	From 132.0.0 (inc) to 132.0.4 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-22	The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a directory traversal issue in the Team Manager API of cPanel versions 110 through 132. It allows an attacker to overwrite an arbitrary file on the system, which can lead to privilege escalation to the root user.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain root-level privileges by overwriting arbitrary files, potentially compromising the entire system's security and control.

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