CVE-2004-0255

Xlight FTP Server 1.52 - Denial of Service via Long Directory Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0255. PoCs published by intuit.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a denial-of-service vulnerability in XLight FTP Server by sending an excessively long path in an FTP request, causing service instability. The PoC demonstrates the issue by crafting a malformed FTP URL with an extended path.

Description

Xlight 1.52, with log to screen enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by requesting a long directory consisting of . (dot) and / (slash) characters, which causes the server to crash when the administrator views the log file, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by intuit · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23654

This exploit targets a denial-of-service vulnerability in XLight FTP Server by sending an excessively long path in an FTP request, causing service instability. The PoC demonstrates the issue by crafting a malformed FTP URL with an extended path.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: XLight FTP Server
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target FTP server
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9585
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15064
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107605633904122&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0738
EPSS Percentile 93.7%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
xlight_ftp_server/xlight_ftp_server 1.25
xlight_ftp_server/xlight_ftp_server 1.41
xlight_ftp_server/xlight_ftp_server 1.45
xlight_ftp_server/xlight_ftp_server 1.52
Published Nov 23, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026