What is CVE-2016-10782?

CVE-2016-10782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-10782?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10782

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows self stored XSS in postgres API1 listdbs (SEC-181).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/60+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10782?: CVE-2016-10782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-10782?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.