Medium severity · published May 26, 2025
CVE-2025-5196
Wing FTP Server Lua Admin Console unnecessary privileges
6.6
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FS
FTP Server · Wing
7.4.0; 7.4.1; 7.4.2; 7.4.3 · source: vendor
WF
Wing Ftp Server · Wftpserver
before 7.4.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5196
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5196
Exploit
https://github.com/Nouvexr/Wing-FTP-Server-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated/blob/main/poc.txt
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310279
Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.310279
Exploit
https://vuldb.com/?submit.584253
Broken Link
https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm
