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TI-2021-08279 Aliases CVE-2021-26551GHSA-vmf5-6g88-v3q9

An issue was discovered in SmartFoxServer 2.17.0.

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02641 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:smartfoxserver:smartfoxserver:2.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.17.0VulnerableSmartfoxserver
  • cpe:2.3:a:smartfoxserver:smartfoxserver:2.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.17.0 Vulnerable ·Smartfoxserver

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-26551
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vmf5-6g88-v3q9

References

Exploit 2

Other 1

  • TI-2021-08277 An XSS issue was discovered in SmartFoxServer 2.17.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2021-08278 An issue was discovered in SmartFoxServer 2.17.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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