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CVE-2020-26886

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

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.

Affected products

• Softaculous: before 5.5.7 — fixed in 5.5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Softaculous 5.5.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://vulnerable.af
• https://vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886/
• https://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=17086&title=Softaculous_5.5.7_Launched
• https://vulnerable.af
• https://vulnerable.af/posts/cve-2020-26886/
• https://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=17086&title=Softaculous_5.5.7_Launched

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