CVE-2006-5826

Exp

Buffer overflow in Texas Imperial Software WFTPD Pro Server 3.23.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted APPE commands that contain "/" (slash) or "\" (backslash) characters.

Published: 2006-11-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5826 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.61%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-5826

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2734 exploit_db edb 2006-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5826

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 2026-04-27 17.45% 17.61% +0.17%
2 2025-06-29 16.90% 17.45% +0.55%
3 2025-03-30 — 16.90% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5826

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/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:M)
Multiple authentications are required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5826

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5826

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5826: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5826

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-5826

  • Texas Imperial Software (2011-01-07T00:00:00)

    Texas Imperial Software has tested this issue against current versions of WFTPD and WFTPD Pro, and finds that versions after 3.23 are not vulnerable. Users of WFTPD or WFTPD Pro should update to the most current version in order to address this issue. The update is free to fully registered users unregistered users can download a fresh copy of the shareware version of the application.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5826

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
texas_imperial_software wftpd 3.23.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd:3.23.1.1:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5826

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