CVE-2023-42657

criticalpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.160 · 97 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

16.0% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 9.6 · critical

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In WS_FTP Server versions prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.2, a directory traversal vulnerability was discovered. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to perform file operations (delete, rename, rmdir, mkdir) on files and folders outside of their authorized WS_FTP folder path. Attackers could also escape the context of the WS_FTP Server file structure and perform the same level of operations (delete, rename, rmdir, mkdir) on file and folder locations on the underlying operating system.

cvss

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

9.9

010

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

v3.19.6criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.1 · impact 5.8

v3.19.9criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.9criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.9criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@progress.comexploitability 3.1 · impact 6

v3.19.6criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

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

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Progress Software Corporation WS_FTP Server8.7.0 → 8.7.4enisa_euvdEU
Progress Software Corporation WS_FTP Server8.8.0 → 8.8.2enisa_euvdEU
Ipswitch Inc. WS_FTP Server≤ 8.7.4fstec_bduRU
Ipswitch Inc. WS_FTP Server8.8 → 8.8.2fstec_bduRU
progress ws ftp server< 8.7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws ftp server8.8.0 → 8.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

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

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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