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CVE-2025-5196

Wing FTP Server Lua Admin Console unnecessary privileges



Description

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A vulnerability has been found in Wing FTP Server up to 7.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lua Admin Console. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 7.4.4 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[W]e do not consider it as a security vulnerability, because the system admin in WingFTP has full permissions [...], but you can suggest the user run WingFTP service as Normal User rather than SYSTEM/Root, it will be safer."

In Wing FTP Server bis 7.4.3 wurde eine Schwachstelle gefunden. Sie wurde als kritisch eingestuft. Hierbei betrifft es unbekannten Programmcode der Komponente Lua Admin Console. Mit der Manipulation mit unbekannten Daten kann eine execution with unnecessary privileges-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden kann der Angriff über das Netzwerk. Die Komplexität eines Angriffs ist eher hoch. Sie gilt als schwierig ausnutzbar. Ein Aktualisieren auf die Version 7.4.4 vermag dieses Problem zu lösen. Als bestmögliche Massnahme wird das Einspielen eines Upgrades empfohlen.

Reserved 2025-05-26 | Published 2025-05-26 | Updated 2025-05-28 | Assigner VulDB


HIGH: 7.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
MEDIUM: 6.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
MEDIUM: 6.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem types

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Product status

7.4.0
affected

7.4.1
affected

7.4.2
affected

7.4.3
affected

Timeline

2025-05-26:Advisory disclosed
2025-05-26:VulDB entry created
2025-05-26:VulDB entry last update

Credits

nouvexr (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/?id.310279 (VDB-310279 | Wing FTP Server Lua Admin Console unnecessary privileges) vdb-entry

vuldb.com/?ctiid.310279 (VDB-310279 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.584253 (Submit #584253 | wftpserver Wing FTP Server 7.4.4 Remote Code Execution via Lua Admin Console) third-party-advisory

github.com/...rver-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated/blob/main/poc.txt exploit

www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm patch

cve.org (CVE-2025-5196)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-5196)

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