CVE-2008-4242

Severity
6.8MEDIUM
EPSS
3.4%
top 12.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateMay 2

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

Debianproftpd-dfsg< 1.3.1-15+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hvr6-6w44-9wq6: ProFTPD 12022-05-02
CVEList
CVE-2008-4242: ProFTPD 12008-09-25
OSV
CVE-2008-4242: ProFTPD 12008-09-25

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
proftpd CSRF attack2008-09-25
Debian
CVE-2008-4242: proftpd-dfsg - ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, ...2008

💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4242 proftpd CSRF attack [F8]2008-09-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4242 proftpd CSRF attack2008-09-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4242 proftpd CSRF attack [epel-5]2008-09-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4242 proftpd CSRF attack [F9]2008-09-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4242 proftpd CSRF attack [F10]2008-09-26