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CVE-2008-4242

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2008-09-25 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.

Affected Platforms

Proftpd Project Proftpd

Weakness Type

CWE-352

References