What is CVE-2016-10794?

CVE-2016-10794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-10794?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10794

cPanel before 59.9999.145 allows arbitrary file-read operations because of a multipart form processing error (SEC-154).

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · 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-2016-10794?: CVE-2016-10794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-10794?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.