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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2001-1500 in the critical feed json

ProFTPD 1.2.2rc2, and possibly other versions, does not properly verify reverse-resolved hostnames by performing forward resolution, which…

published 2001-12-31 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1477

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.4%
EPSS 12.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ProFTPD 1.2.2rc2, and possibly other versions, does not properly verify reverse-resolved hostnames by performing forward resolution, which allows remote attackers to bypass ACLs or cause an incorrect client hostname to be logged.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

12.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.