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.
Published: 2008-09-25
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 3.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1689-1 New proftpd-dfsg packages fix Cross-Site Request Forgery
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4225 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.
History

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Proftpd Project Proftpd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.954Z

Reserved: 2008-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4242

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-25T19:25:18.693

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4242

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4242 - Bugzilla

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