Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Metacharacter neutralization
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| Impact | CVSS 10.0 (Critical). EPSS 92.7% — near-certain exploitation. KEV-listed — actively exploited. Public PoC available. Unauthenticated. Root/SYSTEM code execution guaranteed. Single HTTP request exploitation. FTP servers often accessible from internet. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker sends a single crafted HTTP request to the Wing FTP Server web interface containing a null byte followed by Lua code. The server writes this to a session file. When the Lua engine processes the session file, the injected code executes as root/SYSTEM. The attacker gains: full server access, access to all FTP user data and credentials, the ability to serve malicious files to FTP clients, and a persistent foothold for further attacks on the internal network. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 16, 2026
Wing FTP Server before 7.4.4 contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-47812, CVSS 10.0) through null byte injection in user/admin web interfaces that enables arbitrary Lua code execution in session files. With EPSS 92.7% and KEV listing, this vulnerability guarantees unauthenticated root/SYSTEM code execution on affected servers, as the FTP service runs with maximum privileges by default.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
Wing FTP Server's web interfaces mishandle null bytes (CWE-158), enabling injection of arbitrary Lua code into user session files. When these session files are loaded by the Lua-based FTP server, the injected code executes with root/SYSTEM privileges.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Wing FTP Server to 7.4.4+ immediately. If unable to upgrade, restrict web interface access to trusted IPs. Do NOT run Wing FTP as root/SYSTEM if possible. Audit FTP server for unauthorized access and file modifications.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Wing FTP Server uses Lua for its scripting engine and stores session data in Lua-format files. The web interfaces fail to reject or properly handle null bytes ('\0') in input, allowing attackers to truncate strings and inject arbitrary Lua code into session files. When the FTP server loads these session files, the Lua interpreter executes the injected code. Since Wing FTP typically runs as root (Linux) or SYSTEM (Windows), this provides maximum-privilege code execution.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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4DescriptionCVE.org
In Wing FTP Server before 7.4.4. the user and admin web interfaces mishandle '\0' bytes, ultimately allowing injection of arbitrary Lua code into user session files. This can be used to execute arbitrary system commands with the privileges of the FTP service (root or SYSTEM by default). This is thus a remote code execution vulnerability that guarantees a total server compromise. This is also exploitable via anonymous FTP accounts.
Executive ViewAI
Wing FTP Server versions prior to 7.4.4 contain a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) that is actively being exploited in the wild. An attacker can execute arbitrary code with root/SYSTEM privileges on affected FTP servers without requiring authentication, directly compromising file integrity, confidentiality, and availability across your organization's file transfer infrastructure.
Apply vendor patch to Wing FTP Server version 7.4.4 or later immediately. If patching is delayed, restrict network access to FTP web interfaces to trusted administrator IPs only, disable the web interface entirely if not required, and monitor all FTP authentication and session activity for anomalous Lua code execution patterns.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
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