High severity · published Sep 12, 2023
CVE-2023-37881
Weak access control in Wing FTP Server (Admin Web Client) allows for privilege escalation.This issue affects Wing FTP Server: <= 7.2.0
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Weak access control in Wing FTP Server (Admin Web Client) allows for privilege escalation.This issue affects Wing FTP Server: <= 7.2.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WF
Wing Ftp Server · Wftpserver
through 7.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37881
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37881
Release Notes
https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm
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