Vulnerability in Softaculous
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. This leads to privilege escalation on the local host.
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.softaculous.com/board/index.php (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- vulnerable.af (Third Party Advisory)
- vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-26886?
- CVE-2020-26886 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softaculous, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-18.
- How severe is CVE-2020-26886?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.