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CVE-2026-45087

CRITICAL Exploitation: PoC
10.0
CVSS 3.1
Description
Dalfox is a powerful open-source XSS scanner and utility focused on automation. Prior to 2.13.0, when dalfox is started in REST API server mode (dalfox server), the server binds to 0.0.0.0:6664 by default and requires no API key unless the operator explicitly passes --api-key. Because model.Options — including FoundAction and FoundActionShell — is deserialized directly from attacker-supplied JSON in POST /scan, and because dalfox.Initialize explicitly propagates those two fields into the final scan options without stripping them, any unauthenticated caller who can reach the server port can supply an arbitrary shell command that the dalfox process will execute on the host whenever a scan finding is triggered. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-45087
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-05-08 19:27 UTC
Published
2026-05-27 17:34 UTC
Last updated
2026-05-28 13:58 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-15
CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting
Vendor / Product
hahwul / dalfox
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
hahwul dalfox < 2.13.0
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-15 cna CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting
CWE-306 cna CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
CWE-78 cna CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
10.0 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (2)
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