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GHSA-29VF-J74G-GMFC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-27 15:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32

Details

In WS_FTP Server version 8.7.0 prior to 8.7.4 and

version 8.8.0 prior to 8.8.2, a pre-authenticated attacker could leverage a .NET deserialization vulnerability in the Ad Hoc Transfer module to execute remote commands on the underlying WS_FTP Server operating system.

Severity ?

10.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-40044 (GCVE-0-2023-40044)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 14:48 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05

Summary

In WS_FTP Server versions prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.2, a pre-authenticated attacker could leverage a .NET deserialization vulnerability in the Ad Hoc Transfer module to execute remote commands on the underlying WS_FTP Server operating system.

Severity ?

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Assigner

ProgressSoftware

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.progress.com/ws_ftp	product
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	https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/02/ws_ftp_update/
	https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/09/29/etr-c…
	https://attackerkb.com/topics/bn32f9sNax/cve-2023-40044
	https://censys.com/cve-2023-40044/
	https://www.assetnote.io/resources/research/rce-i…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174917/Progr…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Progress Software Corporation	WS_FTP Server	Affected: 8.8.0 , < 8.8.2 (semver) Affected: 8.7.0 , < 8.7.4 (semver)

Credits

Shubham Shah - Assetnote Sean Yeoh - Assetnote

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GHSA-29VF-J74G-GMFC

CVE-2023-40044 (GCVE-0-2023-40044)

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