# CVE-2020-26886: Softaculous before 5.5.7 is affected by a code execution vulnerability because of External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Store

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- 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/

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