What is CVE-2016-10758?

CVE-2016-10758 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpkit, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2016-10758?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Phpkit

CVE-2016-10758

PHPKIT 1.6.6 allows arbitrary File Upload, as demonstrated by a .php file to pkinc/admin/mediaarchive.php and pkinc/func/default.php via the image_name parameter.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2019-05-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Phpkit — versions 1.6.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

blog.ripstech.com/2016/phpkit-code-exection-for-privileged-users/ (Third Party Advisory)
demo.ripstech.com/projects/phpkit_1.6.6 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10758?: CVE-2016-10758 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpkit, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-10758?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.