CVE-2026-45087

CRITICAL

Dalfox: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via `found-action` in Dalfox Server Mode

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/hahwul/dalfox/releases/tag/v2.13.0

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 23.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-15 CWE-306 CWE-78
Status published
Products (2)
hahwul/dalfox 0 - 2.13.0Go
hahwul/dalfox < 2.13.0
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026