CVE-2004-1848

Exp

Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and bypass file size restrictions via a REST command with a large size argument, followed by a STOR of a smaller file.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1848 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.53%, 94th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1848

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1848

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-04 3.36% 13.53% +10.17%
2 2025-06-08 3.69% 3.36% -0.33%
3 2025-03-30 — 3.69% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1848

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1848

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1848

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch ws_ftp_server 3.0_1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_server:3.0_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp_server 4.01 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_server:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws_ftp_server 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1848

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