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CVE-2016-10773

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).

8.8 High

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.05%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).

Record
CVE-2016-10773
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-134
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).

Record
CVE-2016-10773
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1767 No score

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).

Record
EUVD-2016-1767
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hcvj-9xm8-98jm 8.8

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).

Record
GHSA-hcvj-9xm8-98jm
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-134
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2016-10773 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cpanel, published August 5, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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