CVE-2008-4242
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 7.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-352
- EPSS score
- 7.1% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4225)
- Published
- September 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4225 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- proftpd project / proftpd
References
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31930(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33261
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33413
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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