CVE-2023-40048

WS_FTP Server Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

In WS_FTP Server version prior to 8.8.2, the WS_FTP Server Manager interface was missing cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection on a POST transaction corresponding to a WS_FTP Server administrative function.

En la versión del servidor WS_FTP anterior a la 8.8.2, a la interfaz del Administrador del servidor WS_FTP le faltaba protección contra Cross-Site Reuqest Forgery (CSRF) en una transacción POST correspondiente a una función administrativa del servidor WS_FTP.

*Credits: Cristian Mocanu - Deloitte

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-08-08 CVE Reserved
2023-09-27 CVE Published
2024-09-23 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.progress.com/ws_ftp	Product

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://community.progress.com/s/article/WS-FTP-Server-Critical-Vulnerability-September-2023	2023-09-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Progress Search vendor "Progress"		Ws Ftp Server Search vendor "Progress" for product "Ws Ftp Server"				< 8.8.2 Search vendor "Progress" for product "Ws Ftp Server" and version " < 8.8.2"		-		Affected