What is CVE-2021-26551?

CVE-2021-26551 is a high-severity vulnerability in Smartfoxserver, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-26551?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Smartfoxserver

CVE-2021-26551

An issue was discovered in SmartFoxServer 2.17.0. An attacker can execute arbitrary Python code, and bypass the javashell.py protection mechanism, by creating /config/ConsoleModuleUnlock.txt and editing /config/admin/admintool.xml to enable the Console module.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.026 (83.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Smartfoxserver — versions 2.17.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-26551?: CVE-2021-26551 is a high-severity vulnerability in Smartfoxserver, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-26551?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.