CVE-2009-0542
SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%"…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 73.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'" (single quote) character during variable substitution by mod_sql.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- ProFTPd 1.3 - 'mod_sql' 'Username' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32798remote, multiplepublished 10 Feb 2009Verified
- ProFTPd - 'mod_mysql' Authentication Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8037remote, multiplepublished 10 Feb 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8037 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 73.8% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- DSA-1730 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20090210 Re: Another SQL injection in ProFTPd with mod_mysql (probably postgres as well) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090211 Re: CVE request for proftpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3180 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090211 Re: CVE request for proftpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34268 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20090211 Re: Re: Another SQL injection in ProFTPd with mod_mysql (probably postgres as well) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20090210 ProFTPd with mod_mysql Authentication Bypass Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090211 CVE request for proftpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-27 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 8037 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20090210 Another SQL injection in ProFTPd with mod_mysql (probably postgres as well) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2009-0546 (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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