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CVE-2009-0542 in the critical feed json

SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (p…

published 2009-02-12 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0546

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
73.8%
EPSS 73.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'" (single quote) character during variable substitution by mod_sql.

Patch / fix

  • proftpd-dfsg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0542

  • proftpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.5b-2.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10048-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0542 updated

proftpd: SQL injection during login

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32798)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

73.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32798 ProFTPd 1.3 - 'mod_sql' 'Username' SQL Injection remote, 2009-02-10
  • EDB-8037 ProFTPd - 'mod_mysql' Authentication Bypass remote, 2009-02-10

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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