CVE-2025-5196 HIGH

CVE-2025-5196: Wing FTP Server Lua Admin Console unnecessary privileges

Vendor Wing
Product FTP Server
Weakness CWE-250
Published May 26, 2025
Last update May 28, 2025

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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."

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 26, 2025 CVE published
May 28, 2025 Record updated