What is CVE-2016-10817?

CVE-2016-10817 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10817?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10817

cPanel before 57.9999.54 allows SQL Injection via the ModSecurity TailWatch log file (SEC-123).

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2019-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/58+Change+Log (Product, Release Notes)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2016-0003-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10817?: CVE-2016-10817 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10817?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.