CVE-2019-12144 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting Progress Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 2018 before version 8.6.1, residing in the SSHServerAPI.dll. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to leverage the SCP protocol for path traversal, which can then be escalated to remote code execution by exploiting the SITE command feature. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.