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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-10787 · published 21 April 2020

CVE-2020-10787: Vestacp vesta control panel vulnerability

Vestacp · Vesta Control Panel

An elevation of privilege in Vesta Control Panel through 0.9.8-26 allows an attacker to gain root system access from the admin account via v-change-user-password (aka the user password change script).

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 2.5% · top 15.9%
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.0
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An elevation of privilege in Vesta Control Panel through 0.9.8-26 allows an attacker to gain root system access from the admin account via v-change-user-password (aka the user password change script).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://gitlab.com/snippets/1954764 Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/snippets/1954764 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-10787), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.