CVE-2021-26551

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-26551 · Published 09/02/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-26551 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting smartfoxserver (smartfoxserver).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
smartfoxserver smartfoxserver	`= 2.17.0`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/161340/SmartFoxServer-2X-2.17.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
smartfoxserver.com · Product
zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities · Exploit

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