CVE-2025-5196

low-risk
Published 2025-05-26

A vulnerability has been found in Wing FTP Server up to 7.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lua Admin Console. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 7.4.4 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[W]e do not consider it as a security vulnerability, because the system admin in WingFTP has full permissions [...], but you can suggest the user run WingFTP service as Normal User rather than SYSTEM/Root, it will be safer."

Do I need to act?

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1.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.6/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wftpserver

References (6)

Exploit https://github.com/Nouvexr/Wing-FTP-Server-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated/blob/main/poc...
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310279
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.310279
Exploit https://vuldb.com/?submit.584253
Broken Link https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm
Exploit https://github.com/Nouvexr/Wing-FTP-Server-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated/blob/main/poc...
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal