What is CVE-2016-10852?

CVE-2016-10852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10852?

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

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10852

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 lacks ACL enforcement in the AppConfig subsystem (SEC-85).

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: 0.010 (60.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

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-2016-10852?: CVE-2016-10852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10852?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.