CVE-2020-26886

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Softaculous versiones anteriores a 5.5.7, está afectado por una vulnerabilidad de ejecución de código debido a una Inicialización Externa de Trusted Variables o Data Stores. Esto conlleva a una escalada de privilegios en el host local

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-10-08 CVE Reserved
2021-03-18 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-665: Improper Initialization

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://vulnerable.af	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=17086&title=Softaculous_5.5.7_Launched	2021-03-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Softaculous Search vendor "Softaculous"		Softaculous Search vendor "Softaculous" for product "Softaculous"				< 5.5.7 Search vendor "Softaculous" for product "Softaculous" and version " < 5.5.7"		-		Affected