CVE-2008-7263

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.0 does not delay its response after receiving an invalid login attempt, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

G.Rodola Pyftpdlib: through 0.4.0; 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.2.0, 0.3.0

References

http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=73
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=348
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn348&r=348&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=73
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=348
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn348&r=348&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py

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