CVE-2008-4242 (GCVE-0-2008-4242)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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