What is CVE-2016-10844?

CVE-2016-10844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10844?

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

Information disclosure in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10844

The chcpass script in cPanel before 11.54.0.4 reveals a password hash (SEC-77).

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2019-08-01 · 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: 0.011 (64.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.2% 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/54+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2016-0001-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10844?: CVE-2016-10844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10844?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.