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Critical · 10.0 Public exploit CVE-2026-45087 EUVD-2026-32615GHSA-v25v-m36w-jp4hGO-2026-5649

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

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
hahwul dalfox < 2.13.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/hahwul/dalfox all versions — GO-2026-5649
Go github.com/hahwul/dalfox/v2 < 2.13.0 2.13.0 GHSA-v25v-m36w-jp4h

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