What is CVE-2016-10791?

CVE-2016-10791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-10791?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10791

cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins are impossible (CPANEL-9559).

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10791?: CVE-2016-10791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-10791?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.