What is CVE-2024-7745?

CVE-2024-7745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Progress Ws FTP Server, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-7745?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-7745 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Progress Ws FTP Server

CVE-2024-7745

In WS_FTP Server versions before 8.8.8 (2022.0.8), a Missing Critical Step in Multi-Factor Authentication of the Web Transfer Module allows users to skip the second-factor verification and log in with username and password only.

Published 2024-08-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Progress Ws FTP Server
Progress Software Corporation Ws FTP Server — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

community.progress.com/s/article/WS-FTP-Server-Service-Pack-August-2024 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.progress.com/ftp-server (Product, product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7745?: CVE-2024-7745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Progress Ws FTP Server, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-7745?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-7745 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.