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CVE-2016-10799

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10799 describes a vulnerability in cPanel versions prior to 58.0.4, where the Pear temporary directory is not properly set during a PHP installation. This oversight could potentially allow a local attacker to achieve integrity impact, as indicated by its CVSSv3 score of 5.5 (Medium) with an AV:L/I:H vector. While the vulnerability has a medium severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.51.9999.98, < 11.52.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.54.0.0, < 11.54.0.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 55.9999.61, < 56.0.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 57.9999.48, < 58.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

documentation.cpanel.net / display/CL/58+Change+Log
Release NotesVendor Advisory