Improper access control in cPanel - CVE-2016-10838
Published: August 1, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30958
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10838
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).
Affected software
cPanel
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10838
Install update from vendor's website.
cPanel - update to 11.54.0.4