What is CVE-2016-10790?

CVE-2016-10790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-10790?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10790

cPanel before 60.0.25 does not use TLS for HTTP POSTs to listinput.cpanel.net (SEC-192).

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10790?: CVE-2016-10790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-10790?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.