CVE-2016-10838
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
- Record
CVE-2016-10838- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
- Record
CVE-2016-10838- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1832 No score
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
- Record
EUVD-2016-1832- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8r2v-8mxf-v465
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
- Record
GHSA-8r2v-8mxf-v465- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- 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-2016-10838 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cpanel, published August 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.13%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.