CVE-2025-5196

HIGH EPSS 53.4%

Published May 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

7.5 CVSS 4.0

High

Published May 26, 2025 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A vulnerability has been found in Wing FTP Server up to 7.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lua Admin Console. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 7.4.4 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[W]e do not consider it as a security vulnerability, because the system admin in WingFTP has full permissions [...], but you can suggest the user run WingFTP service as Normal User rather than SYSTEM/Root, it will be safer."

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.5

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

53.4% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

Public Exploit Known

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-250

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
wftpserver	wing_ftp_server	*	<7.4.4

References 5

github.com https://github.com/Nouvexr/Wing-FTP-Server-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated/blob/main/poc.txt

Exploit
vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310279

Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.310279

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?submit.584253

ExploitVDB Entry
wftpserver.com https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm

Broken Link

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.