A vulnerability has been found in Wing FTP Server up to 7.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lua Admin Console. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 7.4.4 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[W]e do not consider it as a security vulnerability, because the system admin in WingFTP has full permissions [...], but you can suggest the user run WingFTP service as Normal User rather than SYSTEM/Root, it will be safer."
History

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wftpserver
Wftpserver wing Ftp Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wftpserver:wing_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wftpserver
Wftpserver wing Ftp Server

Wed, 28 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 28 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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References

Tue, 27 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Mon, 26 May 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been found in Wing FTP Server up to 7.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lua Admin Console. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 7.4.4 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[W]e do not consider it as a security vulnerability, because the system admin in WingFTP has full permissions [...], but you can suggest the user run WingFTP service as Normal User rather than SYSTEM/Root, it will be safer."
Title Wing FTP Server Lua Admin Console unnecessary privileges
Weaknesses CWE-250
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-05-26T13:31:05.016Z

Updated: 2025-05-28T17:35:14.955Z

Reserved: 2025-05-26T08:20:20.632Z

Link: CVE-2025-5196

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-27T14:18:06.883Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-26T14:15:20.210

Modified: 2025-07-02T17:42:07.070

Link: CVE-2025-5196

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-05-26T13:31:05Z

Links: CVE-2025-5196 - Bugzilla