Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with valid WS_FTP account
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ExploitInvoke Ad Hoc Transfer feature
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ExecutionSubmit crafted traversal pathname
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ImpactRead files outside intended directory
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid authenticated WS_FTP Server account (PR:L) and that the Ad Hoc Transfer component is in use; the deployment must be WS_FTP Server on Windows running a version prior to 2024.0.6 (2024 branch) or prior to 2025.0.3 (2025 branch). The dominant limiting factor is authentication - an attacker must already possess working credentials, so this cannot be triggered by an unauthenticated remote attacker. Impact is read-only disclosure of files outside the intended directory (confidentiality only); there is no integrity or availability effect. The precise traversal mechanism (e.g. the exact malformed pathname that triggers it) is not described in the available sources. |
| Impact | This is a credentialed information-disclosure flaw (CWE-22 path traversal) rated CVSS 7.7. The supplied vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N indicates network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation with no user interaction, but it explicitly requires an authenticated account (PR:L), and the impact is confined to confidentiality (C:H) with no integrity or availability effect (I:N/A:N). The scope-changed flag (S:C) reflects that a successful traversal reads files outside the application's intended directory boundary, i.e. the underlying Windows host filesystem rather than only the user's authorized FTP area. No EPSS probability was supplied, the CVE is NOT in CISA KEV, and no proof-of-concept or exploit reference is present in the input - only a Progress vendor knowledge-base advisory. Exploitation status is therefore 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week,' which places it as a near-term but non-emergency patching priority - consistent with a high-confidentiality but authentication-gated bug rather than an unauthenticated internet-wide threat. The authentication requirement is the dominant mitigating factor: this is a real priority to patch (especially given that Progress file-transfer products such as MOVEit have been heavily targeted historically), but the PR:L gate makes mass, pre-auth exploitation unlikely, pointing toward abuse by malicious or compromised authenticated users rather than opportunistic internet scanning. Missing signals: EPSS and any independent exploitation telemetry are absent, so widespread-exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from the data provided. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds (or has stolen) a valid WS_FTP Server account logs in and uses the Ad Hoc Transfer component to submit a crafted pathname containing directory-traversal sequences. Because the path is not properly constrained, the server returns files located outside the user's authorized directory - potentially configuration, credential, or other sensitive host files on the Windows system. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data; the only reference is a Progress vendor advisory. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 29, 2026
Authenticated path traversal in the Ad Hoc Transfer component of Progress Software WS_FTP Server on Windows lets a logged-in user read files outside their intended directories, rated CVSS 7.7 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N) with confidentiality-only impact and no effect on integrity or availability. All 2024-branch releases prior to 2024.0.6 and 2025-branch releases prior to 2025.0.3 are affected, and the flaw requires a valid WS_FTP Server account plus active use of Ad Hoc Transfer, so an unauthenticated remote attacker cannot trigger it. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis; the vendor has released fixed versions.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade to WS_FTP Server 2024.0.6 on the 2024 branch or 2025.0.3 on the 2025 branch, per the Progress advisory at https://progress.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/Knowledge__kav/ka7Pb000001vl86IAA/view. Because the flaw is reachable only by an authenticated user against servers with the Ad Hoc Transfer component in use, accounts that do not need that component or its file-sharing functions represent the exposure path, and the available sources specify no workaround beyond updating; no other mitigation is documented in the provided data.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-22, improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory, located in the Ad Hoc Transfer component of WS_FTP Server for Windows (CPE cpe:2.3:a:progress_software:ws_ftp_server). Because the vector carries S:C, a successful traversal crosses a security boundary, which is why a read-only disclosure is scored 7.7 despite the absence of integrity or availability impact; PR:L reflects that working credentials for a WS_FTP Server account are the dominant limiting factor. The exact malformed pathname or encoding that triggers the traversal, and whether the Ad Hoc Transfer web or client interface is the entry point, are not described in the available sources. Versions are tracked per branch: the 2024 line below 2024.0.6 and the 2025 line below 2025.0.3.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Network-reachable file transfer feature with a required login (PR:L), straightforward path manipulation (AC:L); scope changes as the read escapes the app directory to host files, confidentiality-only impact (C:H, I:N, A:N).
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CVSS VectorVendor: ProgressSoftware
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Improper limitation of pathname in the Ad Hoc Transfer component of Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.6 and 2025.0.3 on Windows could allow an authenticated user to access files outside intended directories.
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Executive ViewAI
Progress Software WS_FTP Server, a widely used managed file transfer solution, contains an authenticated path traversal vulnerability in its Ad Hoc Transfer component that could allow a logged-in user to access files outside their authorized directories. While exploitation requires valid credentials and the Ad Hoc Transfer feature, the breach of confidentiality poses a significant risk to organizations handling sensitive data through this platform. Security leadership should prioritize remediation to prevent insider threats or compromised accounts from escalating to unauthorized data access.
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