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2 vulnerabilities found for ws_ftp_server by progress
CVE-2023-40044 (GCVE-0-2023-40044)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2023-09-27 14:48
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Software Corporation | WS_FTP Server |
Version: 8.8.0 ≤ Version: 8.7.0 ≤ |
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CVE-2023-40044 (GCVE-0-2023-40044)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-27 14:48
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
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.
References
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| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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