CVE-2023-40049

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.89% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In WS_FTP Server version prior to 8.8.2, an unauthenticated user could enumerate files under the 'WebServiceHost' directory listing.

cvss

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

5.3

010

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

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security@progress.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2023-09-27modified 2026-06-17

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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