dinosn/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-analysis

PoC

Independent reproduction, code-level root-cause analysis, and realistic-exposure write-up for CVE-2026-42167 (ProFTPD mod_sql is_escaped_text() bypass).

view exploit source poc_in_githubauthor dinosnpublished 2026-04-29catalog poc_in_github

exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-42167US	—	7.39% (94th)	Exploit	2026-04-28
mod_sql in ProFTPD before 1.3.9a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a username, in scenarios where there is logging of USER requests with an expansion such as %U…

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