High severity · published Mar 18, 2021
CVE-2020-26886
Softaculous before 5.5.7 is affected by a code execution vulnerability because of External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Softaculous before 5.5.7 is affected by a code execution vulnerability because of External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores. This leads to privilege escalation on the local host.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SO
Softaculous · Softaculous
before 5.5.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26886
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26886
Third Party Advisory
https://vulnerable.af
Exploit
https://vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886/
Release Notes
https://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=17086&title=Softaculous_5.5.7_Launched