CVE-2009-0542
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 73.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-89
- EPSS score
- 73.8% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0546)
- Published
- February 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0546 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- proftpd project / proftpd
- proftpd project / proftpd
- proftpd project / proftpd
References
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34268
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-27.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1730
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500823/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500833/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500851/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500852/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8037
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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