CVE-2016-10826 describes a critical vulnerability in cPanel versions prior to 55.9999.141, allowing attackers to bypass Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) through crafted DNS clustering requests. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and there's minimal community discussion or media coverage, the potential for complete system compromise remains significant.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.50.0.4, < 11.50.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.52.0.5, < 11.52.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.54.0.0, < 11.54.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.