Description
A vulnerability has been found in Wing FTP Server up to 7.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lua Admin Console. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 7.4.4 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[W]e do not consider it as a security vulnerability, because the system admin in WingFTP has full permissions [...], but you can suggest the user run WingFTP service as Normal User rather than SYSTEM/Root, it will be safer."
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wing | FTP Server | 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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Nouvexr/Wing-FTP-Server-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated ★ 2 · May 23, 2025
Wing FTP Server provides an administrative Lua scripting console accessible via its web interface. Authenticated administrators are able to execute arbitrary Lua code with insufficient sandboxing. CV…
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- VDB-310279 | Wing FTP Server Lua Admin Console unnecessary privileges vdb-entry
- VDB-310279 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP) signature permissions-required
- Submit #584253 | wftpserver Wing FTP Server 7.4.4 Remote Code Execution via Lua Admin Console third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Nouvexr/Wing-FTP-Server-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated/blob/main/poc.txt exploit
- https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm patch