VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.63%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.63% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-665
- Affected
- softaculous/softaculous
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.