What is CVE-2016-10799?

CVE-2016-10799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-10799?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10799

cPanel before 58.0.4 does not set the Pear tmp directory during a PHP installation (SEC-137).

Published 2019-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/58+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10799?: CVE-2016-10799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-10799?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.