CVE-2023-40044 (GCVE-0-2023-40044)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-27 14:48
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
security@progress.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174917/Progress-Software-WS_FTP-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@progress.com https://attackerkb.com/topics/bn32f9sNax/cve-2023-40044 Third Party Advisory
security@progress.com https://censys.com/cve-2023-40044/ Third Party Advisory
security@progress.com https://community.progress.com/s/article/WS-FTP-Server-Critical-Vulnerability-September-2023 Vendor Advisory
security@progress.com https://www.assetnote.io/resources/research/rce-in-progress-ws-ftp-ad-hoc-via-iis-http-modules-cve-2023-40044 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@progress.com https://www.progress.com/ws_ftp Product
security@progress.com https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/09/29/etr-critical-vulnerabilities-in-ws_ftp-server/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
security@progress.com https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/02/ws_ftp_update/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174917/Progress-Software-WS_FTP-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://attackerkb.com/topics/bn32f9sNax/cve-2023-40044 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://censys.com/cve-2023-40044/ Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://community.progress.com/s/article/WS-FTP-Server-Critical-Vulnerability-September-2023 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.assetnote.io/resources/research/rce-in-progress-ws-ftp-ad-hoc-via-iis-http-modules-cve-2023-40044 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.progress.com/ws_ftp Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/09/29/etr-critical-vulnerabilities-in-ws_ftp-server/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/02/ws_ftp_update/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-40044 US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Progress Software Corporation WS_FTP Server Version: 8.8.0   ≤
Version: 8.7.0   ≤
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-10-05

Due date: 2023-10-26

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://community.progress.com/s/article/WS-FTP-Server-Critical-Vulnerability-September-2023; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40044

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