CVE-2023-51713

HIGH NUCLEI

ProFTPD < 1.3.8a - DoS via Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: nuclei
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2023-51713 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

Description

make_ftp_cmd in main.c in ProFTPD before 1.3.8a has a one-byte out-of-bounds read, and daemon crash, because of mishandling of quote/backslash semantics.

Nuclei Templates (1)

ProFTPD < 1.3.8a - DoS via Out-of-Bounds Read
HIGHVERIFIEDby pussycat0x
Shodan: product:"proftpd" || cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd"

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0425
EPSS Percentile 89.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
proftpd/proftpd < 1.3.8a
Published Dec 22, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026