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CVE-2008-4242
ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 31289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080926 multiple vendor ftpd - Cross-site request forgery (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1020945 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 31930 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-0195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 33261 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33413 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4313 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-0064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1689 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- proftpd-url-csrf(45274) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4225 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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