{"uuid": "b4bd5784-e172-4479-af1e-b2c5028dfe25", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-40044", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/ws_ftp_rce_cve_2023_40044.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"cmd\", \"author\": [\"sfewer-r7\"], \"autofilter_ports\": [80, 8080, 443, 8000, 8888, 8880, 8008, 3000, 8443], \"autofilter_services\": [\"http\", \"https\"], \"check\": true, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"This module exploits an unsafe .NET deserialization vulnerability to achieve unauthenticated remote code\\n          execution against a vulnerable WS_FTP server running the Ad Hoc Transfer module. All versions of WS_FTP Server\\n          prior to 2020.0.4 (version 8.7.4) and 2022.0.2 (version 8.8.2) are vulnerable to this issue. The vulnerability\\n          was originally discovered by AssetNote.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2023-09-27\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/windows/http/ws_ftp_rce_cve_2023_40044\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2026-04-22 11:58:31 +0000\", \"name\": \"Progress Software WS_FTP Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"repeatable-session\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"ioc-in-logs\"], \"Stability\": [\"crash-safe\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/windows/http/ws_ftp_rce_cve_2023_40044.rb\", \"platform\": \"Windows\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 600, \"ref_name\": \"windows/http/ws_ftp_rce_cve_2023_40044\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2023-40044\", \"URL-https://attackerkb.com/topics/bn32f9sNax/cve-2023-40044/rapid7-analysis\", \"URL-https://community.progress.com/s/article/WS-FTP-Server-Critical-Vulnerability-September-2023\", \"URL-https://www.assetnote.io/resources/research/rce-in-progress-ws-ftp-ad-hoc-via-iis-http-modules-cve-2023-40044\"], \"rport\": 443, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"Windows\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:52:02.005562Z"}