CVE-2009-0542

highpriority · attend · 66EPSS 0.738 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

73.8% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'" (single quote) character during variable substitution by mod_sql.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-89USprimaryCWE-89US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-32798ProFTPd 1.3 - 'mod_sql' 'Username' SQL Injectionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-8037ProFTPd - 'mod_mysql' Authentication Bypassfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 5fstec_bduRU
proftpd project proftpd= 1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd project proftpd= 1.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
proftpd project proftpd= 1.3.2_rc2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (10)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-02-12modified 2026-06-16

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references (26)

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