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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=17086&title=Softaculous_5.5.7_Launched
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://vulnerable.af
Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0063
EPSS Percentile
45.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-665
Status
published
Products (1)
softaculous/softaculous
< 5.5.7
Published
Mar 18, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026