Xlight FTP Server Authentication SQL Injection

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4981

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a SQL Injection attack.

Description

The version of Xlight FTP installed on the remote host is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack during login. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in the context of the FTP server. Installations that are not using external ODBC authentication are not affected by this vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.2.1 or higher.

See Also

http://www.xlightftpd.com/whatsnew.htm

http://www.xlightftpd.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1042

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 4981

Family: FTP Servers

Published: 3/31/2009

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 36051

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:xlightftpd:xlight_ftp_server

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4795

BID: 34288