CVE-2008-4242

Exp

ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.

Published: 2008-09-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2008-4242 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.07%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.68% 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-2008-4242

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4242

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 2026-06-15 3.38% 7.07% +3.68%
2 2025-03-30 4.41% 3.38% -1.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.41% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4242

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4242

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4242

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-4242 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (proftpd-dfsg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4242
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4242
ubuntu low CVE-2008-4242 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (proftpd, proftpd-dfsg), 10 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): not-affected 5, DNE 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4242

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4242

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
proftpd_project proftpd 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4242

cvelogic Threat Intelligence