CVE-2009-0542

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 73.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

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.

Affected products

ProFTPD Project Proftpd: 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.2_rc2

References

http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3180
http://secunia.com/advisories/34268
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-27.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1730
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500823/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500833/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500851/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500852/100/0/threaded

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