CVE-2023-40047

mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.41% (35th) EPSS
CVSS 4.8 · medium
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In WS_FTP Server version prior to 8.8.2, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in WS_FTP Server's Management module. An attacker with administrative privileges could import a SSL certificate with malicious attributes containing cross-site scripting payloads.  Once the cross-site scripting payload is successfully stored,  an attacker could leverage this vulnerability to target WS_FTP Server admins with a specialized payload which results in the execution of malicious JavaScript within the context of the victims browser.

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cvss

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

8.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–8.3

v3.14.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.7 · impact 2.7
v3.18.3highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@progress.comexploitability 1.6 · impact 6
v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-79US
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affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-2506Progress Software WS_FTP: Mehre SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-27csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Progress Software WS_FTP ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder Cross-Site Scripting und Cross-Site Request Forgery Angriffe durchzuführen.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-09-27modified 2026-06-17
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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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