proftpd CSRF attack
Published Sep 25, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.07%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.3.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.07% (0.07066) | 94.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.07% (0.07066) | 93.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.38% (0.03385) | 86.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.41% (0.04405) | 81.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.38% (0.03385) | 86.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 88.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 87.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 85.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01386) | 84.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31930 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33261 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33413 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRES
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4242 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464127 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4242
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4242
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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