What is CVE-2016-10849?

CVE-2016-10849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10849?

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

RCE in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10849

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows certain file-chmod operations in scripts/secureit (SEC-82).

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.2% 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-77 — Command Injection

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/54+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10849?: CVE-2016-10849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10849?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.