CVE-2020-26886

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-665

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://vulnerable.afThird Party Advisory
https://vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=17086&title=Softaculous_5.5.7_LaunchedRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://vulnerable.afThird Party Advisory
https://vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=17086&title=Softaculous_5.5.7_LaunchedRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 18, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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