CVE-2016-10791
cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins...
cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins are impossible (CPANEL-9559).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins are impossible (CPANEL-9559).
- Record
CVE-2016-10791- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins are impossible (CPANEL-9559).
- Record
CVE-2016-10791- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1785 No score
cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins are impossible (CPANEL-9559).
- Record
EUVD-2016-1785- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f567-cv78-6h3j
cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins...
cPanel before 60.0.15 does not ensure that system accounts lack a valid password, so that logins are impossible (CPANEL-9559).
- Record
GHSA-f567-cv78-6h3j- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10791 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cpanel, published August 6, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.