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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2016-10858 json

cPanel before 11.54.0.0 allows unauthenticated arbitrary code execution via DNS NS entry poisoning (SEC-64).

published 2019-08-01 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1852

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

cPanel before 11.54.0.0 allows unauthenticated arbitrary code execution via DNS NS entry poisoning (SEC-64).

Patch / fix

  • cpanel cpanel 11.48.4.8, 11.50.3.1, 11.52.0.23, 11.52.1.1

Exploit prediction

2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.